abstriction

noun

ab·​stric·​tion

: the formation of spores by the cutting off of usually successive terminal portions of the sporophore through the growth of septa see conidium

Word History

Etymology

ab- entry 1 + Late Latin striction-, strictio act of pressing together, from Latin strictus + -ion-, -io -ion

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for abstriction

• addiction
• affliction
• constriction
• conviction
• depiction
• eviction
• infliction
• nonfiction
• prediction
• restriction
• antifriction
• benediction