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Feb 12, 2012
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ab•scis•sion



Pronunciation: (ab-sizh'un, -sish'-), [key]
—n.
1. the act of cutting off; sudden termination.
2. Bot.the normal separation of flowers, fruit, and leaves from plants.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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