verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To divide along the mesial plane or median plane. transitive

   "the scientists hemisected a rat's spinal cord"

Example

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"the scientists hemisected a rat's spinal cord"

Etymology

From hemi- + Latin secare (“to cut”).

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