Dimidiate

verb

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo divide into two.

2.verbTo represent one half of.

3.adjectiveDivided into two (equal) halves

4.adjectiveConsisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half.

"a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed"

5.adjectiveHaving the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side.

"dimidiate hermaphroditism"

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