"microtome" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: microtomes [plural]
Etymology: Could be construed as either micro + -tome (“instrument for cutting”) or micro- + tome. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|micro|tome|t2=instrument for cutting}} micro + -tome (“instrument for cutting”), {{prefix|en|micro|tome}} micro- + tome Head templates: {{en-noun}} microtome (plural microtomes)
  1. A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope. Translations (special instrument): Mikrotom [neuter] (German), micreatóm [masculine] (Irish), mikrotom [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mikrotom [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mikgayat (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-microtome-en-noun-otTVXcd8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with micro-, English terms suffixed with -tome Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with micro-: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tome: 76 24

Verb [English]

Forms: microtomes [present, singular, third-person], microtoming [participle, present], microtomed [participle, past], microtomed [past]
Etymology: Could be construed as either micro + -tome (“instrument for cutting”) or micro- + tome. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|micro|tome|t2=instrument for cutting}} micro + -tome (“instrument for cutting”), {{prefix|en|micro|tome}} micro- + tome Head templates: {{en-verb}} microtome (third-person singular simple present microtomes, present participle microtoming, simple past and past participle microtomed)
  1. To cut into sections using a microtome
    Sense id: en-microtome-en-verb-ivhiNf7f

Noun [French]

Forms: microtomes [plural]
Etymology: From micro- + -tome. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|micro-|-tome}} micro- + -tome Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} microtome m (plural microtomes)
  1. microtome Tags: masculine Related terms: microtomie

Inflected forms

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