n.the act of dividing by cutting or splitting

ESR evidence for main-chain scissions of polypropylene molecules induced by mechanical fracture
Direct evidence of main-chain scissions induced by ultrasonic irradiation of benzene solutions of polymers
Single-strand scissions induced in circular and linear lambda DNA by the presence of dithiothreitol and other reducing agents
Double-strand Scissions in DNA of Gamma-irradiated Micrococcus radiodurans and their Repair during Postirradiation Incubation
Possibility of the repair of double-strand scissions in Micrococcus radiodurans DNA caused by gamma-rays
Ataxia-telangiectasia: a human mutation giving high-frequency misrepair of DNA double-stranded scissions
Homolytic and heterolytic oxygen-oxygen bond scissions accompanying oxygen transfer to iron(III) porphyrins by percarboxylic acids a...
Nucleotide-Resolution Mapping of Topoisomerase-Mediated and Apoptotic DNA Strand Scissions at or near an MLL Translocation Hotspot
Participation of active oxygen species in the induction of DNA single-strand scissions by cadmium chloride in cultured Chinese hamst...
Protection of DNA molecules of cultured mammalian cells from radiation-induced single-strand scissions by various alcohols and SH co...