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plural microtomes
A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope. quotations examples
The first microtome was constructed for John Hill, to make the specimens described in his book on the structure of timber (1770).
1998, Robert Bud, Deborah Jean Warner, editors, Instruments of Science: An Historical Encyclopedia, Taylor & Francis, page 401
third-person singular simple present microtomes, present participle microtoming, simple past and past participle microtomed
To cut into sections using a microtome examples