scission

Definition

The act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage.

Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French, from Late Latin scissio, scissionem, from Latin scindere.

Example Sentences

• "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."