hemisect

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English

Etymology

From hemi- + Latin secare (to cut).

Verb

hemisect (third-person singular simple present hemisects, present participle hemisecting, simple past and past participle hemisected)

  1. (anatomy, transitive) To divide along the mesial plane or median plane.
    the scientists hemisected a rat's spinal cord
    hemisect a brain

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