fissiparous
/fɪˈsɪpəɹəs/ · adjective
Meaning
- Factious, tending to break into pieces
- Causing division or fragmenting something (often appearing in the collocation "fissiparous tendencies").
- Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.
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