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-tomesuff.1. Part; area; segment: dermatome.2. Cutting instrument: microtome. [New Latin -tomus, from Greek -tomos, a cutting, from tomos; see tome.]-tome n combining form indicating an instrument for cutting: osteotome. [from Greek tomē a cutting, tomos a slice, from temnein to cut]tome (toʊm) n. 1. a book, esp. a very heavy, large, or learned book. 2. a volume forming a part of a larger work. [1510–20; < French < Latin tomus < Greek tómos slice, piece, papyrus roll, derivative of témnein to cut] -tome a combining form with the meanings “cutting instrument” (microtome), “segment, somite” (dermatome). [< Greek -tomos -cutting] -tome
-tome word element [Gr.], an instrument for cutting; a segment.-tome1. A cutting instrument, the first element in the compound usually indicating the part that the instrument is designed to cut. 2. Segment, part, section. 3. Tomography. 4. Surgery. [G. tomos, cutting, sharp; a cutting (section or segment)] -tome Combining form indicating a cutting instrument (the first element in the compound usually indicating the part that the instrument is designed to cut); segment, part, section; tomography; surgery. [G. tomos, cutting, sharp; a cutting (section or segment)]ThesaurusSeetome |