English Explanatory Dictionary

fissiparous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/fɪˈsɪpəɹəs/ en-us-fissiparous.ogg

Word forms

fissiparous more fissiparous most fissiparous

Etymology

An adaptation of New Latin fissiparus, from fissus (“split, cleft”) + pariō (“to bring forth”) by analogy with vīviparus.

Synonyms

unstable divisive fragmenting

Related words

fissile fissiparism fissiparity

Derived words

fissiparously fissiparousness
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