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Definition of Dimidiate
1. a. Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.
2. v. t. To divide into two equal parts.
Definition of Dimidiate
1. Adjective. divided into two (generally unequal) halves ¹
2. Verb. To divide into two ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dimidiate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Medical Definition of Dimidiate
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1. Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimidiate
Literary usage of Dimidiate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to obstetrics and gynecology by Alexander Russell Simpson (1880)
"dimidiate PLACENTA.1 ATa meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, ...
dimidiate Placenta, and stated that, though in this case I had not had an ..."
2. Muscologia Britannica: Containing the Mosses of Great Britain & Ireland by Sir William Jackson Hooker, Thomas Taylor (1818)
"... of 16 entire, equidistant teeth; Calyptra dimidiate. (TAB. II.) We cannot
agree with Mohr in uniting this genus with the ..."
3. Supplement to the English Botany of the Late Sir J. E. Smith and Mr. Sowerby by William Jackson Hooker, William Borrer, James Sowerby (1834)
"... and thus becomes spuriously dimidiate. If the structure of the caly- ptra be
of importance, it is natural to suppose that the features will be constant ..."
4. A Manual of British Lichens: Containing Descriptions of All the Species and by William Mudd (1861)
"... hemispherical, black, more or less polished and shining ; perithecium dimidiate
... they are very prominent, and the perithecia are dimidiate. ..."
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