dehiscence

  1. Noun.  (botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
  2. Noun.  (medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
  3. Noun.  (rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.

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