abstriction

English

Etymology

From Latin ab- (“from, away, outside”) + strictio (“act of pressing together”), from strictus (“tightened”).[1] Equivalent to abstrict +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɹɪk.ʃn̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkʃən

Noun

abstriction (countable and uncountable, plural abstrictions)

  1. (biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.
    Hypernym: abscission

References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8
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