Definition of Microtome

1. Noun. Scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination.

Generic synonyms: Scientific Instrument

Definition of Microtome

1. n. An instrument for making very thin sections for microscopical examination.

Definition of Microtome

1. Noun. A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope. ¹

2. Verb. To cut into sections using a microtome ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Microtome

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Medical Definition of Microtome

1. A device used for cutting sections from an embedded specimen, either for light or electron microscopy. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microtome

microtexture
microtextures
microthelia
microtia
microtile
microtiles
microtinae
microtine
microtiter
microtiter plate
microtiter plates
microtitrate
microtitration
microtitre
microtitres
microtome (current term)
microtomed
microtomes
microtomies
microtomist
microtomists
microtomographic
microtomography
microtomy
microtonal
microtonalities
microtonality
microtonally
microtone
microtones

Literary usage of Microtome

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"In designing the new microtome precision was made the prime object. ... Mr. Edward Bausch iu regard to the projected microtome, and we have worked in ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1896)
"The first object of a microtome is to make sections of even and known thickness; ... Applied to the microtome this means that a roughly made instrument is ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"The microtome is fixed to the table by a clamp with a screw the head of which is seen at m. General directions are added as to freezing and cutting which it ..."

4. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"The microtome sections are laid on water at 40° C. in a large dish, a prepared object-slide pushed flat under them, and the sections lifted out. ..."

5. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1880)
"On this account not a few of the best histologists have rejected the use of a microtome in any of the numerous forms which have been given to it. ..."

6. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1903)
"These disadvantages have been remedied in the recently introduced rocking microtome, in which the axis of rotation of the rocking arm is at right angles to ..."

7. Botanical Microtechnique: A Hand-book of Methods for the Preparation by A[lbrecht] Zimmermann (1893)
"microtome Technique. 41. While the microtome has been generally used for years by anatomists and zoologists, it has been used by botanists in a ..."

8. Histology of Medicinal Plants by William Mansfield (1916)
"HAND microtome In cutting sections by a hand microtome, it is necessary to place ... Hand microtome held, the specimens will be just above the level of the ..."

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