schisis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχίσις (skhísis). A modern coinage used in medicine.

Noun

schisis (plural schises)

1. (medicine) separation, cleft
   • 2011, Elias I. Traboulsi, editor, 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.

  palatoschisis (“cleft of the palate”)

  gastroschisis