abscission
nounUS /æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/
Etymology From Latin abscissiō, from abscindō (“to cut, to tear”).
1
The act or process of cutting off.
- Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:
2
Obsolete The state of being cut off.
3
Rhetoric A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
- Derived terms
- abscissional, abscission layer, abscission zone
- Related terms
- abscise, abscisic, abscisic acid, abscisin, abscissin