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abstriction

[ab-strik-shuhn]

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.

abstriction

/ æˈٰɪʃə /

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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of abstriction1

First recorded in 1640–50; ab- + striction
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of abstriction1

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

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