dehisce

  1. Verb.  (intransitive, botany) To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, or pollen, or other contents, as the ripe pods of some plants.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive, medicine) To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.

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