Medical Dictionary

-schisis

noun combining form -schi·sis\skə-səs\
plural -schi·ses \skə-ˌsēz\ also -schi·sis·es

Medical Definition of -SCHISIS

:  breaking up of attachments or adhesions :  fissure <gastroschisis> <cranioschisis>

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