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—hemisection, n./hem'i sekt", hem"i sekt'/, v.t.to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, esp. along a medial longitudinal plane.[1875-80; HEMI- + -SECT]
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Hemisect — Hem i*sect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemisected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemisecting}.] [Hemi + L. secare to cut.] (Anat.) To divide along the mesial plane. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hemisect — hemi·sect hem i .sekt vt to divide along the mesial plane <the brains were...hemisected by a midline sagittal cut (J. N. Riley & D. W. Walker)> hemi·sec·tion .sek shən n … Medical dictionary
hemisect — hemi·sect … English syllables
hemisect — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈsekt transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: hemi (I) + sect : to divide along the mesial plane … Useful english dictionary
Hemisected — Hemisect Hem i*sect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemisected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemisecting}.] [Hemi + L. secare to cut.] (Anat.) To divide along the mesial plane. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hemisecting — Hemisect Hem i*sect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemisected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemisecting}.] [Hemi + L. secare to cut.] (Anat.) To divide along the mesial plane. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bisect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. bifurcate, halve. See disjunction, numeration. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cut in two, hemisect, halve; see divide 1 … English dictionary for students
bisect — [v] divide in two bifurcate, branch off, cleave, cross, cut across, cut in half, cut in two, dichotomize, dimidiate, divaricate, divide in two, fork, furcate, halve, hemisect, intersect, separate, split, split down the middle; concepts 98,137,176 … New thesaurus
-sect — I. |sekt adjective combining form Etymology: Latin sectus, past participle of secare to cut, divide more at saw : cut : divided pinnatisect II … Useful english dictionary
hem|i|sect — «HEHM ee sehkt», transitive verb. to cut into halves; bisect, especially longitudinally or into equal right and left parts: »to hemisect an animal body. ╂[< hemi + Latin sectus, past participle of secāre to cut] … Useful english dictionary
