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单词 microtome
释义

microtome

noun

mi·​cro·​tome ˈmī-krə-ˌtōm How to pronounce microtome (audio)
: an instrument for cutting sections (as of biological tissues) for microscopic examination

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Embryonic tissue was too delicate to withstand pressure from the clasp of a microtome. Benjamin Ehrlich, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022 As a journalist and novelist, Tom Wolfe could, like no one else, take one particular broad subject — class and status — and slice it thin for examination and diagnosis, like a pathologist with a microtome. Christopher Bonanos, Daily Intelligencer, 15 May 2018 Then, using a special instrument, a microtome, the technician would slice the paraffin block into ultrathin sections, about 0.0002 inches thick. Lynne Parenti, Smithsonian, 14 Mar. 2018

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

microtome 1 of 2

noun

mi·​cro·​tome ˈmī-krə-ˌtōm How to pronounce microtome (audio)
: an instrument for cutting sections (as of organic tissues) for microscopic examination
bone-sectioning microtomes

microtome

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transitive verb

microtomed; microtoming
: to cut in sections with a microtome
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