dehisce

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.

   Anthers dehisce when the flower opens.

2. verb To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.

   A surgical wound may partially or completely dehisce after surgery, depending upon whether some or all of the layers of tissue come open.

Similar words

rupture shatter disject exude disembogue disgregate displode dissever forburst disperse

Often followed by

by and longitudinally in at on before while from

Word family

dehisced dehisces dehiscing