Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bisect; especially, to bisect longitudinally, or in equal right and left parts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Anat.) To divide along the mesial plane.
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- verb anatomy, transitive To
divide along themesial plane .
Etymologies
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hemi- + Latin secare to cut.
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