dehiscence

English

Etymology

From Modern Latin dehiscentia (in Linnaeus), from Latin dehiscentem, present participle of dehiscere. More at dehisce.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈhɪsəns/

Noun

dehiscence (plural dehiscences)

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

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