abscissio

== Latin == === Etymology === From abscindō (“tear away; separate”) +‎ -tiō, from ab (“from, away from”) + scindō (“cut, tear; divide”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [apˈskɪs.si.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [abˈʃis.si.o] === Noun === abscissiō f (genitive abscissiōnis); third declension The act of breaking off or tearing away from a discourse; interruption. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== abscindō abscissus ==== Descendants ==== English: abscission === References === “abscissio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “abscissio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.