(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.

plural of dehiscence

present participle of dehisce

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehisce

simple past tense and past participle of dehisce

(intransitive, botany) To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content. / (intransitive, medicine) To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.

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