microtome

noun

mi·cro·tome | \ ˈmī-krə-ˌtōm

Definition of microtome

: an instrument for cutting sections (as of biological tissues) for microscopic examination

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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, "Tom Wolfe, Pioneer of New York and New Journalism, Dies at 88," 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, "How the Smithsonian’s Coelacanth Lost Its Brain and Got It Back Again," 14 Mar. 2018

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More Definitions for microtome

microtome

noun

mi·cro·tome | \ ˈmī-krə-ˌtōm

(Entry 1 of 2)

: an instrument for cutting sections (as of organic tissues) for microscopic examination bone-sectioning microtomes

microtome

transitive verb

microtomed; microtoming

Medical Definition of microtome (Entry 2 of 2)

: to cut in sections with a microtome