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a combining form meaning “cleft,” used in the formation of compound words: fissiparous.
Origin:
< L, comb. form of fissus cloven, fissum fissure, special uses of ptp. of findere to split
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  1. Fission: fissiparous.

  2. Split; cleft: fissipalmate.


[From Latin fissus, past participle of findere, to split; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]
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