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dehiscence

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dehiscence /de·his·cence/ (de-his´ins) a splitting open.
wound dehiscence  separation of the layers of a surgical wound.

de·his·cence (d-hsns)
n.
A bursting open or splitting along natural or sutured lines.

dehiscence
[dihis′əns]
Etymology: L, dehiscere, to gape
the separation of a surgical incision or rupture of a wound closure, typically an abdominal incision.

dehiscence (dēhis´ns),
n a fissural defect in the facial alveolar plate extending from the gingival margin apically.
dehiscent mandibular canal,
n a condition caused by bone resorption that leaves the mandibular canal without a covering or roof of bone.

dehiscence
a splitting open, as in a surgical wound.

dehiscence
Surgery The pulling apart of apposed or sutured margins


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