Etymology

dehiscent

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid. Full definition →

Latin dehīscentem
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromdehīscentem
  2. English todaydehiscent

Learned borrowing from Latin dehīscentem, present participle of dehīscō (“to divide, split open, gape”), from hīscō (“to yawn, gape”).

Words from the same roots

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