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• abscision

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From Latin abscissio. See abscind.

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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.

2. The state of being cut off. - Sir T. Browne

Patrono:Examples-right

1. Patrono:Rhetoric A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
2. (botany) The separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.

Related termsModificar

• abscise
• abscisic
• abscisic acid
• abscisin, abscissin

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• abscisions

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Abscission f. (plural Abscissions)

1. (botany) abscission

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