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