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dehiscence
/dɪˈhɪsəns/
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What does dehiscence mean?
noun
- Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
- A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
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noun
- (rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.
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/dɪˈhɪsəns/
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The botanical name of Impatiens given to the balsam alludes to this sudden dehiscence of the capsules, which cannot endure contact without bursting.
It construed the menstrual hemorrhage as a subsidiary phenomenon, entirely dependent on the periodic dehiscence of ovules.