dehiscence

English

Dehiscence that occurs in botany.

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
• Spanish: dehiscencia (es) f

(medicine) rupture

• 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
• Spanish: dehiscencia (es) f

(rare) opening, gaping