de·hisce 
(dĭ-hĭs)
(dĭ-hĭs)intr.v. de·hisced, de·hisc·ing, de·hisc·es
1. Botany To open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen, or other contents, as the ripe capsules or pods of some plants.
2. Medicine To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.
[Latin dehīscere : dē-, de- + hīscere, to split, inchoative of hiāre, to be open.]