English Dictionary

dehiscence

/dɪˈhɪsəns/

noun

(botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents. / (medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.

The surgeon observed a dehiscence in the incision.

意味（1）

(botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.

意味（2）

(medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.

意味（3）

(rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.