Look up: dehisce

1. dehisce
   Type: Term Pronunciation: dĕ′his Definitions: 1. To burst.
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2. Dehisce
   To split open along a natural line, especially when associated with discharge of contents, as in the opening of seedpods or the freeing of pollen by the anther.
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3. dehisce
   [v] - burst or split open, as of flowers and seeds when releasing pollen or seeds
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4. Dehisce
   Dehisce: To burst open or gape. A surgical wound may partially or completely dehisce after surgery, depending upon whether some or all of the layers of tissue come open. The noun is dehiscence. From the Latin dehiscere (to split open), from hiscere (to gape, yawn), from the Latin hiare (to yawn).
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5. Dehisce
   De·hisce' intransitive verb [ Latin dehiscere ; de- + hiscere to gape.] To gape; to open by dehiscence.
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6. dehisce
   verb burst or split open; `flowers dehisce when they release pollen`
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7. Dehisce
   • (v. i.) To gape; to open by dehiscence.
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8. dehisce
   dehisce, dehisces, dehisced 1. To open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen, or other contents, as the ripe capsules or pods of some plants. 2. To rupture or to break open, as a surgical wound. 3. To burst open, as capsules of plants; to gape. In medicine: To burst open or to gape. A sur...
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