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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -tome n combining form - indicating an instrument for cutting: osteotome
Etymology: from Greek tomē a cutting, tomos a slice, from temnein to cut tome /toʊm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a book, esp. a heavy or learned book, or one forming part of a series:browsing through the dusty tomes.
See -tom-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tome (tōm),USA pronunciation n. - a book, esp. a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- a volume forming a part of a larger work.
- Greek tómos slice, piece, roll of paper, book, akin to témnein to cut
- Latin tomus
- French
- 1510–20
- a combining form with the meanings "cutting instrument'' (microtome;
osteotome), "segment, somite'' (sclerotome), used in the formation of compound words. Cf. tomo-, -tomous, -tomy.
- combining form representing Greek tomé̄ a cutting; tómos a cut, slice; -tomon (neuter), -tomos (masculine) -cutting (adjective, adjectival)
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