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Schisis vs Schisms - What's the difference?

schisis | schisms |

As nouns the difference between schisis and schisms

is that schisis is separation, cleft while schisms is plural of schism.

schisis

English

Noun

(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.

    Usage notes

    * The word schisis may also combine with an anatomical prefix to denote a particular sort of clefting. *:

    schisms

    English

    Noun

    (head)