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Meaning Of Dehiscence
n.
The act of gaping.
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.