English[]
Alternative forms[]
- abscision
Etymology[]
From Latin abscissio. See abscind.
Noun[]
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Abscission ({{{1}}})
- The act or process of cutting off.
- 1859, Jeremy Taylor, The sermons of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: Complete in one volume, page 286:
- Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.
- 1859, Jeremy Taylor, The sermons of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: Complete in one volume, page 286:
- The state of being cut off. - Sir T. Browne
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- Template:Rhetoric A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
- (botany) The separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
Related terms[]
- abscise
- abscisic
- abscisic acid
- abscisin, abscissin
Translations[]
act of cutting off
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Anagrams[]
- abciinosss,
- abscisions
French[]
Noun[]
Abscission f. (plural Abscissions)
- (botany) abscission
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