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abstrict

American  
[ab-strikt] / æbˈstrɪkt /

verb (used without object)

  1. to undergo abstriction.

Etymology

Origin of abstrict

1890–95; ab- + Latin strictus bound, drawn tight; strict

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The outer parts of the mass then differentiate as a wall or investment, and the interior becomes a hollow, into which hyphal ends grow and abstrict the spores.

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