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(Latin: one and a half; normally used as a prefix; from Latin, semis “half” + que “and”)
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biological half-life
The time required for the quantity of a material in a specified tissue, organ, or region of the body; especially, a toxin; to reduce in quantity by half as a result of biological processes.
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bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis, -bium, -biotic, -biotical
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half a dozen of one and six of another
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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half vision, hemianopia
1. The blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes; usually applied to bilateral defects caused by a single lesion.
2. Bilateral or unilateral blindness in one-half of the field of vision; half blindness.
2. Bilateral or unilateral blindness in one-half of the field of vision; half blindness.
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op-, opt-, optico-, opsi-, opso-, -opia, -ops, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy, -optic, -opic, -opy
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vid-, video-, vis-, -vision, -visional, -visionally, visuo-, vu-
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Inflation: cutting money in half without damaging the paper.