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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abscission \Ab*scis"sion\, n. [L. abscissio. See {Abscind}.] 1. The act or process of cutting off ``Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.'' --Jer. Taylor. 2. The state of being cut off --Sir T. Browne. 3. (Rhet.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus ``He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more.'' From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: abscission n 1: shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant 2: the act of cutting something off [syn: {cutting off}]
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