Abscission Definition

ăb-sĭzhən
noun
A cutting off, as by surgery.
Webster's New World
The shedding of leaves, flowers, or fruits following the formation of the abscission zone.
American Heritage
The normal separation of fruit, leaves, etc. from plants by the development of a thin layer of pithy cells at the base of their stems.
Webster's New World
The act of cutting off.
American Heritage Medicine
The act or process of cutting off.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Abscission

Noun

Singular:
abscission
Plural:
abscissions

Origin of Abscission

  • Latin abscissiō abscissiōn- from abscissus past participle of abscindere to cut off ab- ab- scindere to cut skei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Abscission Sentence Examples

  • A number of methods are used to delay petal abscission artificially, including the use of chemicals.

  • It consists of (a) those churches which have accepted all the decrees of the first seven general councils, and have remained in full communion with one another, (b) such churches as have derived their origin from these by missionary activity, or by abscission without loss of communion.

  • Other bioassays have used the effects of ethene on root hair formation or leaf abscission.

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Words Starting With

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NONION

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