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hemisternotomies

hemisternotomies is the plural of hemisternotomy.

Meaning of hemisternotomy

Noun

hemisternotomy (plural hemisternotomies)

  1. An incision into the left or right half of the sternum
    • Then a 1.5 cm median hemisternotomy was performed, the sternum halves were kept apart with 4–0 Vicryl sutures ® (Ethicon Inc., Somerville, NJ, USA) which were later-on used to close the sternum.2016 February 4, “A New Animal Model for Investigation of Mechanical Unloading in Hypertrophic and Failing Hearts: Combination of Transverse Aortic Constriction and Heterotopic Heart...

Questions about hemisternotomies

What is hemisternotomies the plural of?
Hemisternotomies is the plural of hemisternotomy.

Words near hemisternotomies in the dictionary

  1. hemispinal
  2. hemispindle
  3. hemispindles
  4. hemispingus
  5. hemist
  6. hemisternotomies
  7. hemisternotomy
  8. hemistich
  9. hemistichal
  10. hemistiches
  11. hemistichs

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