[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.
1594. Hooker, Eccl. Pol. (1617), v. 351. [They] cure wilfully by abscision that which they might both preserue and heale.
1767. A. Campbell, Lexiphanes (1774), 105. An abscision of vowels, a detruncation of syllables.
