adjective
Etymology: French, from Latin scissilis, from scissus (past participle of scindere to split) + -ilis -ile — more at shed
: capable of being cut smoothly or split easily
the scissile peptide bond — W.N.Lipscomb
adjective
Etymology: French, from Latin scissilis, from scissus (past participle of scindere to split) + -ilis -ile — more at shed
: capable of being cut smoothly or split easily
the scissile peptide bond — W.N.Lipscomb
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012