Di-ăc'o-pē, n.
n. [Gr. διακοπή, a cutting in two, from διά and κόπτειν, to cut.]
Sense 1. (Gram.) A figure by which two words that naturally stand together, especially two parts of a compound word, are separated by the intervention of another word; tmesis. [Obs.]
Sense 2. (Surg.) A separation or division of parts of the body; a deep wound, especially of the skull and its integuments.
Sense 3. (Nat. Hist.) A genus of fishes of the family Percidæ, inhabiting the Indian seas. Most of them are large, and remarkable for their beauty.