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“dehiscence”
1. The spontaneous or natural bursting open at the maturity of a plant structure; such as, a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents.
2. A rupture, bursting open, or splitting open, as of a surgical wound, or of an organ or structure to discharge its contents: "A dehiscence is a complication of surgery which take place in a secondary to poor wound healing."
2. A rupture, bursting open, or splitting open, as of a surgical wound, or of an organ or structure to discharge its contents: "A dehiscence is a complication of surgery which take place in a secondary to poor wound healing."
"Risk factors of dehiscences include diabetes, advanced age, obesity, and trauma during the post-surgical period."
3. Etymology: from Latin dehiscere, "to split open"; from hiscere, "to gape, to yawn", and from Latin hiare, "to yawn".The word dehiscence is one of the most vexing words in the surgeon's vocabulary. When a post-operation patient has a dehiscence, one or more of the tissue layers of the incision have come apart. In a worst scenario, underlying organs; such as, the gut, lung, etc. bulge out of the wound.
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“dehiscence”
iris dehiscence
A defect of the eye characterised by multiple holes in the iris.
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hiat-; -hisc-
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root dehiscence
A loss of the buccal or lingual bone overlaying the root portion of a tooth, leaving that area covered by soft tissue only.
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hiat-; -hisc-
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