neurotomen.
/ˈnjʊərə(ʊ)təʊm/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ʊrəˌtoʊm/ 1. Anatomy and Surgery. An instrument for dissecting or performing surgery on nerves. Now rare or disused.
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1833 R. Dunglison New Dict. Med. Sci. II. 81/1 Neurotome, an instrument used by anatomists, to dissect the nerves. It is a long and very narrow scalpel, having two edges.
1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 162 Neuratome (De Wecker's).
2. Chiefly Embryology = neuromere n. rare.
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1857 J. Goodsir in Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 5 122 For the nervous system, [I employ] Neurome, Neurotome, Synneurotome.
1891 Amer. Naturalist 25 336 The dorsal nerve-roots arise each behind the ‘neurotome’ of its segment.
1896 Philos. Trans. 1895 (Royal Soc.) B. 186 168 (note) In the same footnote, the terms osteomere, scleromere, and neuromere are suggested as more appropriate than Goodsir's sclerotome and neurotome.
1976 Jrnl. Neurol. Sci. 28 373 Congenital abnormalities within the same or adjacent neurotomes would explain the distribution of defects in thalidomide embryopathy and morphologically similar multiple malformation syndromes.
1987 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Genetics Suppl. 3 29 Interpretation of multiple malformation syndromes is proposed on the basis of neurotomes, or embryonic developmental fields with common regional innervation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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