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