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dis·so·ci·a·tion

(dĭ-sō′sē-ā′shən, -shē-)

1. The act of dissociating or the condition of having been dissociated.

2. Chemistry

a. The process by which the action of a solvent or a change in physical condition, as in pressure or temperature, causes a molecule to split into simpler groups of atoms, single atoms, or ions.

b. The separation of an electrolyte into ions of opposite charge.

3. Psychiatry A disintegration or fragmentation of the mind in which memories, thoughts, or aspects of the personality become disconnected, as in multiple personality disorder or some kinds of amnesia.

dis·so′ci·a′tive (-ə-tĭv) adj.

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dissociative - tending to produce dissociation

divisible - capable of being or liable to be divided or separated; "even numbers are divisible by two"; "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible"

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