fissiparous

WOTD – 18 June 2006    

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɪˈsɪpərəs/

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Adjective

fissiparous (comparative more fissiparous, superlative most fissiparous)

1. Factious, tending to break into pieces.
2. Causing division or fragmenting something.
3. (biology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.

Translations

Factious, tending to break into pieces.

• Dutch:onsamenhangend (nl),kunstmatig (nl)
• French:incohérent (fr),artificiel (fr)
• Portuguese: fissíparo (pt) m

Causing division or fragmenting something.

• Dutch:splijtend (nl)
• French:fissurant (fr)
• Portuguese: fissíparo (pt) m

Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.

• Dutch:zich door celdeling voortplantend (nl)
• French:se reproduisant par division cellulaire (fr)
• Portuguese: fissíparo (pt) m

Synonyms

• (factious): factious, unstable
• (causing fragmentation): divisive, fragmenting

Quotations

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Related terms

• fissile
• fissiparism
• oviparous
• multiparous
• nulliparous
• viviparous
• ovoviviparous