microtome

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English

A microtome

Etymology

Could be construed as either micro +‎ -tome (“instrument for cutting”) or micro- +‎ tome.

Noun

microtome (plural microtomes)

  1. A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope.
    Hyponym: cryostat
    • 1998, Robert Bud, Deborah Jean Warner, editors, Instruments of Science: An Historical Encyclopedia, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 401:
      The first microtome was constructed for John Hill, to make the specimens described in his book on the structure of timber (1770).

Translations

Verb

microtome (third-person singular simple present microtomes, present participle microtoming, simple past and past participle microtomed)

  1. To cut into sections using a microtome

Further reading

French

Etymology

From micro- +‎ -tome.

Noun

microtome m (plural microtomes)

  1. microtome

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