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Definition of Microtomy
1. n. The art of using the microtome; investigation carried on with the microtome.
Definition of Microtomy
1. Noun. The preparation of very thin slices of animal or plant tissues by means of a microtome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Microtomy
1. [n -MIES]
Medical Definition of Microtomy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Microtomy
Literary usage of Microtomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1885)
"ON SOME POINTS IN microtomy. By JOHN gist to the US Fish Commission, Wi [ABSTRACT.]
THE attention of investigators has bcc with this subject within a very ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"In the third edition of this excellent handbook, the subject-matter has been
largely added to, chiefly on the subjects of microtomy, manipulation and ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The general processes of the dry method employed in zoological and botanical
microtomy are, up to a certain point, practically identified with those used ..."
4. Methods of Research in Microscopical Anatomy and Embryology by Charles Otis Whitman (1885)
"In short we have a new art, which has been appropriately called microtomy.
The general favor with which the microtome has ..."
5. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"Relating to the microtome or to microtomy. microtomy (mai-orot'o-mi). [See MICRO-
TOME. ] The art of cutting sections and preparing them for the microscope. ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Cutting in fine or thin slices; relating to the use of the microtome or to microtomy.
... Micros, fid., XXX. microtomy (mï-krot'ô-mi), и. ..."
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