"dehisce" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈhɪs/ Forms: dehisces [present, singular, third-person], dehiscing [participle, present], dehisced [participle, past], dehisced [past]
Rhymes: -ɪs Etymology: From Latin de- + hisco (“to split”), from hiare (“to be open”); related to hiatus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|de-}} Latin de- Head templates: {{en-verb}} dehisce (third-person singular simple present dehisces, present participle dehiscing, simple past and past participle dehisced)
  1. (intransitive, botany) To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Botany Translations ((botany) burst or split open): dehiski (Esperanto), déhiscer (French), раскрываться (raskryvatʹsja) (Russian), растрескиваться (rastreskivatʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dehisce-en-verb-tho043~o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 70 30 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of '(botany) burst or split open': 79 21
  2. (intransitive, medicine) To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Medicine Translations ((medicine) rupture or break open): раскрываться (raskryvatʹsja) (Russian), растрескиваться (rastreskivatʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dehisce-en-verb-eSj1MUeZ Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of '(medicine) rupture or break open': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dehiscence, dehiscent, indehiscence, indehiscent Related terms: break through, come out, erupt, push through

Inflected forms

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