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/

Noun

abstriction (countable and uncountable, plural abstrictions)

(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.

References

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

[WI3-1] 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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