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abstriction

[ab-strik-shuh n]
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noun Mycology.
  1. a method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.
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Origin of abstriction

First recorded in 1640–50; ab- + striction
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British Dictionary definitions for abstriction

abstriction

noun
  1. the separation and release of a mature spore from a sporophore by the formation of a septum. This process occurs in some fungi
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Word Origin

C17: from Latin ab- 1 + strictio a binding, from stringere to bind
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