(biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.

plural of abstriction

(transitive, biology, mycology) To cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint

Separated by abstriction.

simple past tense and past participle of abstrict

present participle of abstrict

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstrict