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- noun The act of unbinding or loosening.
- noun In botany, a method of cell-formation in some of the lower cryptogams, differing from ordinary cell-division in the occurrence of a decided constriction of the walls at the place of division.
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- noun biology, mycology A method of
spore formation infungi in which successive portions of thesporophore are cut off through the growth ofsepta ;abjunction .
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Abstriction means "1. biology: separation by constriction; 2. a loosening or unbinding (obsolete; rare) Oxford English Dictionary.
July 12, 2011