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dehiscence

/dɪˈhɪsəns/

dehiscence noun: opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.

dehiscence: opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents
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Noun

dehiscence (countable and uncountable, plural dehiscences)

  1. Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
  2. A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
  3. (rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.

dehiscence meaning in Tamil and Bengali

dehiscence in Tamil

வெடித்தல், வெடிப்பு

dehiscence in Bengali

একটি বিদারণ, সাধারণ অর্থে উন্মোচন, হাঁ করা

Forms of dehiscence

pluraldehiscences

Origin of dehiscence

From New Latin dehiscentia (in Linnaeus), from Latin dehiscentem, present participle of dehiscō. By surface analysis, dehisce + -ence.

Words formed from dehiscence

Questions about dehiscence

What does dehiscence mean?
Dehiscence means opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
What is dehiscence in Tamil?
Dehiscence in Tamil is வெடித்தல், வெடிப்பு. See Dehiscence meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dehiscence?
Dehiscence is a noun.
How do you pronounce dehiscence?
Dehiscence is pronounced /dɪˈhɪsəns/.
What is the plural of dehiscence?
The plural of dehiscence is dehiscences.

Words near dehiscence in the dictionary

  1. dehired
  2. dehires
  3. dehiring
  4. dehisce
  5. dehisced
  6. dehiscence
  7. dehiscences
  8. dehiscent
  9. dehiscently
  10. dehisces
  11. dehiscing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dehiscence (page history and authors); dehiscence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dehiscence (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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