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abscision|æbˈsɪʒən| [ad. L. abscīsiōn-em n. of action f. abscīd-ĕre to cut off or away: see abscise. Abscīsio and abscissio were confused in L., and abscision can scarcely be separated from abscission in Eng.] A cutting off or away.
1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. (1617) v. 351 [They] cure wilfully by abscision that which they might both preserue and heale. 1767A. Campbell Lexiphanes (1774) 105 An abscision of vowels, a detruncation of syllables. |