abstriction: Meaning and Definition of

ab•stric•tion

Pronunciation: (ab-strik'shun), [key]
— n. Mycol.
  1. a method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.
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