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discission(dictionary)

discission (iou)



discission noun. M17.
[Late Latin discissio(n-), from Latin disciss- pa. ppl stem of discindere split in two, formed as DIS- 1 + scindere cleave, tear.]
An act of tearing or cutting apart. Now only Surgery, an incision, esp. into the lens of the eye in a case of cataract.