The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
The division of voters into voting blocs.
The act of scarifying: raking the ground harshly to remove weeds, etc.
A medieval form of penance in which the skin was damaged with a knife or hot iron.
A route of administration for some vaccinations and tests: rather than hypodermic injection, the site is inoculated intradermally not with any injection but rather only with small, shallow pricks or scratches; the needle is not hollow.
The scratching, etching, burning / branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification.