English Explanatory Dictionary

dehiscent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
Which dehisces or presents dehiscence.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈhɪsənt/

Word forms

dehiscent more dehiscent most dehiscent

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dehīscentem, present participle of dehīscō (“to divide, split open, gape”), from hīscō (“to yawn, gape”).

Derived words

indehiscent nondehiscent undehiscent

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