schizo- or (before a vowel) schiz- /skit-s(ō)-, -s(ə)- or -s(o)-, also skid-z(ō)-, etc and skī-z(ō)-, etc/

Denoting a split, cleft or division

Schizaea /-zēˈə/ noun

A tropical genus of ferns giving name to the family Schizaeāˈceae, with sporangia splitting longitudinally by an apical annulus

schizaeāˈceous adjective

schizanthus /-anˈthəs/ noun

(Gr anthos flower) a Chilean flowering plant of the genus Schizanthus, frequently cultivated for its showy orchid-like blooms

schizo-affectˈive adjective

Marked by symptoms of schizophrenia and manic-depressiveness

schiˈzocarp /-kärp/ noun (Gr karpos fruit; botany)

A dry fruit that splits into several indehiscent one-seeded portions

schizocarˈpous or schizocarˈpic adjective (botany)

schizogenesis /-jenˈi-sis/ noun

(see genesis) asexual reproduction by fission

schizogenˈic or schizogenetic /-ji-netˈik/ adjective

Reproducing, reproduced, or formed by fission or splitting

schizognathous /-ogˈnə-thəs/ adjective

(see -gnathous under gnathic) (of some birds) having the bones of the palate separate

schizogˈonous adjective

schizogˈony noun

(Gr gonē generation) reproduction in protozoans by multiple fission

schizoid /skitˈsoid or skidˈzoid/ adjective

(see -oid) showing qualities of a schizophrenic personality, such as asocial behaviour, introversion, tendency to fantasy, but without definite mental disorder

A schizoid person

schizoidˈal adjective

schizomycete /-sētˈ/ noun

Any microscopic organism of the class Schizomycetes

schizomycetˈic or schizomycēˈtous adjective

schizˈont noun

In protozoans, a mature trophozoite about to reproduce by schizogony

schizˈophrene /-frēn/ noun

(Gr phrēn mind) a person who suffers from schizophrenia

schizophrenetˈically adverb

schizophrenia /-frēˈni-ə/ noun

A psychosis marked by introversion, dissociation, inability to distinguish reality from unreality, delusions, etc

schizophrenic /-frenˈik/ noun

A schizophrene

(also schizophrenetˈic or schizophrenetˈical) suffering from schizophrenia

schizophrenogenic /-jenˈik/ adjective

(see -genic) causing or tending to cause schizophrenia

schizophyceous /-fīˈshəs or -fiˈ/ adjective

Of or belonging to the Schizophyceae /-fīˈsi-ē/ (Gr phykos seaweed), a group of algae, bluish-green in colour, that grow in fresh or salt water, and can be responsible for the pollution of drinking water

schizˈophyte /-fīt/ noun

(see -phyte under phyt-) a plant of the Schizophˈyta, an obsolete grouping of organisms that multiply only by fission, incl bacteria and blue-green algae

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