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Webster 1913 Edition
Dehiscence
De-his′cence
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
déhiscence
.] 1.
The act of gaping.
2.
(Biol.)
A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dehiscence
DEHISCENCE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
dehiscence
dehiscence
English
Noun
dehiscence (plural dehiscences)
- (botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
- (medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
- (rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.
Translations
(botany) opening of an organ by its own means
(medicine) rupture
(rare) opening, gaping