abscission (absizhon)

[ Not to be cured without the absci ion of a member. Jer. Taylor. 21. The act of putting an end to; the act of annulling or abolishing. Sir T. Browne.- 3. Retrenchment. [Rare.] -4. The sudden termination of a disease by death. Hooper, Med. Dict.-5. In rhet., a figure of speech consisting in a sudden reticence, as if the words already spoken made sufficiently clear what the speaker would say if he were to finish the sentence: as, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and such generosity - but I need say no more." - 6. In astrol., the cutting off or preventing of anything shown by one aspect by means of another. Absci ion of the cornea, in surg., a specific cutting operation performed upon the eye for the removal of a staphyloma of the cor nea, absconce (ab-skons'), n. hide: see abscond.] In an at. and surg., a cavity or sinus.