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   scission

   /ˈsɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action or state of cutting or being cut. technical
   • ▪ breakage of a chemical bond, especially one in a long chain molecule so that two smaller chains result: technical "this bacteriophage catalyses scission of DNA strands"
   • ▪ a division or split between people or parties; a schism: technical "a scission arose between the socialists and those further to the left"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin scissio(n-), from scindere ‘cut, cleave’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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