diffission

English

Etymology

See diffind.

Noun

diffission (uncountable)

1. The act of cleaving or splitting.
   • 1899, Transactions of the Louisiana State Medical Society, page 200:

     As we know, there cases of pleuris , even where there is great amount of diffision, with comparatively little dyspnea, and dyspnea is a treacherous symptom to base youself on

   • 1993, Robert Thayer Sataloff, Joseph Sataloff, Occupational Hearing Loss, page 468:

     The amount cleared by back-diffision depends on blood flow.

   • 2019, Michelangelo Mancuso, Thomas Klopstock, Diagnosis and Management of Mitochondrial Disorders, page 309:

     In HIE, WM lesions are characterized by hyperintense foci on T1WI [157] with or without restricthed ^[sic] diffision [158].