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schisis
schisis
English
Noun
schisis (plural schises)
- (medicine) separation, cleft
- 2011, Elias I. Traboulsi (ed.), Genetic Diseases of the Eye, 2nd edition, page 137
- In patients with associated maculopathy, OCT demonstrates a retinal detachment with a typical convex schisis of the outer retinal layer in most patients.
- 2011, Elias I. Traboulsi (ed.), Genetic Diseases of the Eye, 2nd edition, page 137
Usage notes
- The word schisis may also combine with an anatomical prefix to denote a particular sort of clefting.
- palatoschisis (“cleft of the palate”)