hemisect

English

Etymology

From hemi- + Latin secare (“to cut”).

Verb

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

1. (anatomy, transitive) To divide along the mesial plane or median plane.

   the scientists hemisected a rat's spinal cord

   hemisect a brain

Derived terms

• overhemisect

Related terms

• hemisection

References

• “hemisect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.