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Definition of Abscission
1. Noun. Shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant.
2. Noun. The act of cutting something off.
Generic synonyms: Remotion, Removal
Specialized synonyms: Circumcision
Derivative terms: Abscise
Definition of Abscission
1. n. The act or process of cutting off.
Definition of Abscission
1. Noun. The act or process of cutting off. ¹
2. Noun. (context: rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly ¹
3. Noun. (context: botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abscission
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Abscission
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Abscission
Literary usage of Abscission
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh (1922)
"The most usual case consists in the formation of a tissue zone at the base of
the leaf which is a characteristic abscission layer. ..."
2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"Previous to abscission, there is an abundance of starch in the general region
... As abscission progresses, the starch disappears below, from the middle of ..."
3. The Fruit of Opuntia Fulgida: A Study of Perennation and Proliferation in by Duncan Starr Johnson (1918)
"In a diametric longitudinal section of the ovary this abscission layer usually
starts in at the base of perianth, either outside the sepals or, more rarely, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells, Charles Stedman Bull (1880)
"... of abscission, which leaves an excellent, large, movable stump. ... operation of
abscission is to be performed thus: " Tin- patient being placed under ..."
5. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"Restoration of the pupil to its natural position by abscission. If the pupil is
dragged by a small synechia anterior from its natural situation to opposite ..."
6. The Natural and morbid changes of the human eye, and their treatment by Charles Bader (1868)
"abscission OF THE EYEBALL. The object of the operation of abscission is the
removal of those par of the eyeball which are situated in front of the ocular ..."
7. The Philadelphia Medical Museum by John Redman Coxe (1809)
"On the Chinese Method of propagating Fruit-trees by abscission. By Dr. JAMES It
is stated that the Chinese do not raise fruit-trees from seeds or grafts, ..."
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