Dī-ăl'y-sĭs, n.

n.; pl. Dī-ĀL'/Y-SĒS. [Gr. διάλυσις, from διαλύειν, to part asunder, to dissolve, from διά, through, one from another, and λύειν, to loose; Fr. dialyse.]

1. A diaeresis. See DIAERESIS.
2. (Rhet.) Same as ASYNDETON, q. v.
3. (Med.) (a.) Debility. (b.) A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts.