dehisce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.
To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.

/dɪˈhɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dehisce.wav

dehisce dehisces dehiscing dehisced

Borrowed from Latin dehīscō (“to gape, open”), from hiō (“to be open”); related to hiatus.

break through come out erupt push through

dehiscence dehiscent indehiscence indehiscent

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