Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemisternotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemis-ter-noto-my
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An incision into the left or right half of the sternum

Example Sentences

"Then a 1.5 cm median hemisternotomy was performed, the sternum halves were kept apart with 4–0 Vicryl sutures ® (Ethicon Inc., Somerville, NJ, USA) which were later-on used to close the sternum."

Etymology

From hemi- + sternotomy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hemi

Inflected Forms

hemisternotomies (plural)

Questions

What does hemisternotomy mean?: An incision into the left or right half of the sternum
Where does hemisternotomy come from?: From hemi- + sternotomy.

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