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Meaning of hemisternotomy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

An incision into the left or right half of the sternum

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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