hemisect

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verb

To divide along the mesial plane or median plane.

“hemisect a brain”

OriginLatin secare →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person hemisects · participle present hemisecting · participle past hemisected · past hemisected

  1. transitiveanatomyTo divide along the mesial plane or median plane.

    hemisect a brain

    1 more example

    the scientists hemisected a rat's spinal cord

Origin

  1. Latinsecare“to cut”
  2. Englishhemisect

From hemi- + Latin secare (“to cut”).

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APA

hemisect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemisect

MLA

“hemisect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemisect. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hemisect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemisect.

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