abˈscise,v.[f.L. abscīs-ppl.stem of abscīd-ĕre to cut off;f.abs off + cædĕre to cut.Cf.excise, incise.]To cut off or away. Also Bot., intr.to fall off, to separate by abscission.1612WoodallSurgeon's MateWks.1653, 90If the nerve shall be wholly abscised, lesser symptomes..ensue.1879St.George'sHosp.Rep.IX. ix. 473This eye was abscised..and she is now able to admirably manage an artificial substitute.1909Webster,Abscise (Bot.), to separate by abscission.1940Meyer & AndersonPlantPhysiol.xxxvi. 651Leaves, however, are not the only organs or parts of plants which abscise.1964S. Duke-ElderParsons' Diseases of Eye (ed.14) xvi. 197If prolapse of iris has occurred it should usually be abscised.