1 abjoint | Definition of abjoint

abjoint

verb
ab·​joint | \ (ˈ)ab¦jȯint\

Definition of abjoint

transitive verb

: to form by cutting off (as a protuberance from a mother cell)

intransitive verb

: to separate by means of a cross wall (as of certain cells and of fungal spores cut off from hyphal tips)

First Known Use of abjoint

1887, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

History and Etymology for abjoint

ab- entry 1 + joint

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