Thesaurus: dehiscence

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1. n. The act of gaping.
2. n. A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.
3. n. (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
4. 1. The act of gaping. 2. (Biol.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.
5. A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachmentor suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or thebursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, thebursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for theexpulsion of their contents.
6. n:100 n. (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