Dehiscence vs Fenestration - What's the difference?
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(botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
(medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
(rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.
(architecture) The arrangement of windows and other openings in a building.
(surgery) An opening in the surface of an organ etc; the surgical creation of such an opening, especially one in the bony part of the inner ear made to improve hearing.
(botany) An opening through a leaf or along a stem of a plant.