FISSION

n. Fiash'usn. Ijit.,fi io (from findere, to cleave). Fr.,/. Ger., Zireitheilung. A mode of generation or of cell-division in which the organism separates into two or more equal parts, each of which becomes developed to the size and form of the original. [A, 12; B. 291 (o, 24): J, 87 121; L, 11.] Binary f. F. into two parts. [L, 121, 322 (a, 27).] FISSIPAKISM, [s. 62]