dehiscence

English

Etymology

From New Latin dehiscentia (in Linnaeus), from Latin dehiscentem, present participle of dehiscō. By surface analysis, dehisce +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈhɪsəns/

Noun

dehiscence (countable and uncountable, plural dehiscences)

1. (botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
2. (medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
3. (rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.

Translations

(botany) opening of an organ by its own means

Basque: dehiszentzia Catalan: dehiscència f Dutch: dehiscentie f French: déhiscence (fr) f Italian: deiscenza f Portuguese: deiscência (pt) f Romanian: dehiscență (ro) f Sicilian: diiscenza f Spanish: dehiscencia (es) f

(medicine) rupture

Catalan: dehiscència f French: déhiscence (fr) f German: Platzbauch m Italian: deiscenza f Japanese: 縫合不全 (ほうごうふぜん, hōgō fuzen) Polish: ewentracja f Sicilian: diiscenza f Spanish: dehiscencia (es) f

(rare) opening, gaping