dehiscence
pronunciation
How to pronounce dehiscence in British English:
UK [dɪ'hɪsns]
How to pronounce dehiscence in American English:
US [dɪ'hɪsəns]
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- Noun:
- (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
Word Origin
- dehiscence (n.)
- 1828, from Modern Latin dehiscentia, from dehiscentem (nominative dehiscens), present participle of dehiscere "to gape, open, split down" (of the earth, etc.), from de- (see de-) + hiscere, inchoative of hiare "to yawn" (see yawn (v.)).
Example
- 1. Leaves opposite , decussate ; capsule walls spongy , dehiscence sometimes very delayed .
- 2. Study on 15 cases with abdominal incision dehiscence .
- 3. Yet superior canal dehiscence syndrome ( scds ) is a very real affliction caused by a small hole in the bone covering part of the inner ear .
- 4. Fruit a pyxidium , apically plane or slightly convex ; pericarp leathery , circumscissile , thickened along line of dehiscence .
- 5. Osck1 and its interacting protein oip30 may regulate pollen development , pollen germination , and anther dehiscence .