abjoint

verb

ab·​joint

(ˈ)ab¦jȯint

transitive verb

: to form by cutting off (as a protuberance from a mother cell)

intransitive verb

: to separate by means of a cross wall (as of certain cells and of fungal spores cut off from hyphal tips)

Word History

Etymology

ab- entry 1 + joint

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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