Abstriction

//æbˈstɹɪk.ʃn̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Latin ab- (“from, away, outside”) + strictio (“act of pressing together”), from strictus (“tightened”). Equivalent to abstrict + -ion.

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