Etymograph

English

hemisternotomy

From hemi- + sternotomy.

Formed from hemi- + sternotomy

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Today it means

noun An incision into the left or right half of the sternum

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hemisternotomy