Meanings
nounscission (countable and uncountable, plural scissions)
plural scissions
- countableuncountableThe act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage.
The resulting delamination of the two lipid monolayers causes a “lens” to form, the further growth of which creates a spherical droplet that is then released by scission at the neck.
2012, Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser, Loose-leaf Version for Molecular Cell Biology, page 455
Origin
- Latinscindere
- Late Latinscissio, scissionem
- Englishscission
Via Middle English and Old French, from Late Latin scissio, scissionem, from Latin scindere.
More words from Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian рязане, разрязване
- рязане (rjazane)the act of division
- разрязване (razrjazvane)the act of division
Catalan escissió
- escissióthe act of division
French scission
- scissionthe act of division
German Spaltung
- Spaltungthe act of division
Italian taglio, spacco
- tagliothe act of division
- spaccothe act of division
Spanish escisión
- escisiónthe act of division
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with scission
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
scission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scission
MLA
“scission.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scission. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scission,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scission.
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