Abjunction

//æbˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The creation of spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore by the growth of septa; abstriction. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Synonym of material nonimplication. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From ab- (“away”) + junction (“to join”).

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