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abˈscise, v. [f. L. abscīs- ppl. stem of abscīd-ĕre to cut off; f. abs off + cædĕre to cut. Cf. excise, incise.] To cut off or away. Also Bot., intr. to fall off, to separate by abscission.
1612Woodall Surgeon's Mate Wks. 1653, 90 If the nerve shall be wholly abscised, lesser symptomes..ensue. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. ix. 473 This eye was abscised..and she is now able to admirably manage an artificial substitute. 1909Webster, Abscise (Bot.), to separate by abscission. 1940Meyer & Anderson Plant Physiol. xxxvi. 651 Leaves, however, are not the only organs or parts of plants which abscise. 1964S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Diseases of Eye (ed. 14) xvi. 197 If prolapse of iris has occurred it should usually be abscised. |