dehiscent

English

Etymology

From Latin dehiscentem, present participle of dehiscō (“I divide, split open, gape”), from hiscō (“I yawn, gape”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈhɪsənt/

Adjective

dehiscent (comparative more dehiscent, superlative most dehiscent)

1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid
2. (botany) Which dehisces or presents dehiscence

Derived terms

• indehiscent
• nondehiscent
• undehiscent

 

Translations

medicine: of or pertaining to dehiscence

• Finnish: avo- (fi)

botany: which dehisces

• Breton: dishilius
• Dutch: openspringend (nl)
• Finnish: avautuva (fi)
• French: déhiscent (fr)
• German: Streu-
• Hungarian: felnyíló (hu)
• Irish: oscailteach, méanoscailteach
• Italian: deiscente (it)
• Romanian: dehiscent (ro)
• Spanish: dehiscente (es)
• Tagalog: tilarin
• Welsh: ymagorol

Anagrams

• decentish

Latin

Verb

dehiscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dehisco

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déhiscent, from Latin dehiscens.

Adjective

dehiscent m or n (feminine singular dehiscentă, masculine plural dehiscenți, feminine and neuter plural dehiscente)

1. dehiscent

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	dehiscent		dehiscentă		dehiscenți	dehiscente
	definite	dehiscentul		dehiscenta		dehiscenții	dehiscentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	dehiscent		dehiscente		dehiscenți	dehiscente
	definite	dehiscentului		dehiscentei		dehiscenților	dehiscentelor