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hemisect

hemisect verb: to divide along the mesial plane or median plane.

Verb

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

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

Forms of hemisect

third-person singular presenthemisects
present participlehemisecting
past participlehemisected
pasthemisected

Origin of hemisect

From hemi- + Latin secare (“to cut”).

Words formed from hemisect

Questions about hemisect

What does hemisect mean?
Hemisect means to divide along the mesial plane or median plane.
What part of speech is hemisect?
Hemisect is a verb.
What is the past tense of hemisect?
The past tense of hemisect is hemisected.

Words near hemisect in the dictionary

  1. hemiscrototomy
  2. hemiscrotum
  3. hemiscrotums
  4. hemiscylliid
  5. hemiscylliids
  6. hemisect
  7. hemisected
  8. hemisecting
  9. hemisection
  10. hemisectioned
  11. hemisections

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