SCISSILE Meaning of SCISSILE in English [ 'sɪsʌɪl , -sɪl ]■ adjective chiefly Biochemistry readily undergoing scission.OriginC17: from L. scissilis , from sciss- , scindere 'cut, divide'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004