Definition of capitalize. capitalized. ; capitalizing. transitive verb. 1 : to write or print with an initial capital or in capitals Capitalize the names of cities and states.
Dehiscence is the splitting at maturity along a built-in line of weakness in a plant structure in order to release its contents, and is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia. Sometimes this involves the complete detachment of a part. Structures that open in this way are said to be dehiscent.
Clinically, erection is often known as penile erection, and the state of being erect, and process of erection, are described as tumescence or penile tumescence. The term for the subsiding or cessation of an erection is detumescence.