dehiscense --sm
Posted By: dumdum on 2007-05-30
In Reply to: word that sounds like de-hiss-ance - jami
Subject: dehiscense --sm
de·his·cence(d-hsns)
n.
1. Botany The spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents.
2. Medicine A rupture or splitting open, as of a surgical wound, or of an organ or structure to discharge its contents.
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