hemisect

[ hem-i-sekt, hem-i-sekt ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.

Origin of hemisect

1
First recorded in 1875–80; hemi- + -sect

Other words from hemisect

  • hem·i·sec·tion, noun

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