dehiscent

dehiscent

English

Etymology

From Latin dehiscentem, present participle of dehiscō (“I divide, split open, gape”), from hiscō (“I yawn, gape”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈhɪsənt/

Adjective

dehiscent (comparative more dehiscent, superlative most dehiscent)

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

Translations

medicine: of or pertaining to dehiscence

Finnish: avo- (fi)

botany: which dehisces

Finnish: avautuva (fi) French: déhiscent (fr) Irish: oscailteach, méanoscailteach

Italian: deiscente (it) Romanian: dehiscent (ro) Tagalog: tilarin

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