English Explanatory Dictionary

abstriction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/æbˈstɹɪk.ʃn̩/

Word forms

abstriction abstrictions

Etymology

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

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