Wednesday, August 31, 2022

fissiparous

 

fissiparous (comparative more fissiparous, superlative most fissiparous)

  1. Factious, tending to break into pieces
  2. Causing division or fragmenting something (often appearing in the collocation "fissiparous tendencies").
  3. (biology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.
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