English Explanatory Dictionary

dehiscence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/dɪˈhɪsəns/

Word forms

dehiscence dehiscences

Etymology

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

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