abscission

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Pronunciation

/æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/ (US)

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/æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/ (US) · /æbˈsɪ.ʒn̩/ (US)

Definition of abscission

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)The act or process of cutting off.

“Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The act or process of cutting off.

“Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.”
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The state of being cut off.
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
(countable, uncountable)The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.

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From Latin abscissiō, from abscindō (“to cut, to tear”).

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