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Dehiscence
Meaning
Noun
●
In Botany:
Opening of an
organ
by its own means (such as an
anther
or a
seed pod
) to
release
its contents.
●
In Medicine:
A
rupture
,
as with
a
surgical
wound
opening up
, often with a
flow
of
serous
fluid.
●
Opening,
gaping
, in a general sense.
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