Origin: Latin suffix -sion
Abscission has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant
the act of cutting something off
The act or process of cutting off.
The word comes from the Latin abscissio, which is derived from the verb abscindo meaning "to cut" or "to tear." It originally referred to the act of cutting something off.