| 单词 | abscission |
| 释义 | abscission (once / 656629 pages) n Abscission means the cutting off or removal of something, like an unsightly mole on the chin. You can remember that abscission is all about cutting when you see how close it looks to the word scissors. If you are a public speaker who habitually cuts yourself off, your speeches may suffer from abscission. If you’re wounded in the leg in battle and gangrene sets in, you will be faced with the abscission of a limb. Layoffs at work are the abscission of workers. WORD FAMILYabscise: abscission USAGE EXAMPLESWhen days shorten, the leaves begin to accumulate more of this chemical during the night, stimulating the formation of an abscission layer. Washington Times(Sep 25, 2016) The abscission process leaves behind the primary cilium and any signaling systems localized to the cilium. Science Magazine(Jan 09, 2014) Additional insights important to TAG biosynthesis, fruit ripening and abscission are provided in . Nature(Aug 14, 2013) 1n the act of cutting something off Syn|Hypo|Hyper cutting off circumcision the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males remotion, removal the act of removing 2n shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant Hyper shedding, sloughing the process whereby something is shed |
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