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Scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
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microtome
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Microtome is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae .
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n. A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope. vb. To cut into sections using a microtome
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n. scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Microtome \Mi"cro*tome\ (m[imac]"kr[-o]*t[=o]m), n. [Micro- + Gr. te`mnein to cut.] An instrument for making very thin sections for microscopical examination.
Usage examples of microtome.
Tach than an astronomers, so he recognized here a centrifuge, there a microtome, and so on.
They had it to keep, to slice up with a microtome, even to revive, if anyone had the strong guts.
When the tissue was frozen hard, I cranked out a section with the microtome, stained the slice, and took it to the microscope.
To her left, lab benches, the centrifuge, and the oldfashioned hand-controlled microtome for seck sectioning specimens.
From the microtome next to the microscope he carefully removed the super sharp steel blade used for sectioning specimens.
When the vapor dissipated, he seized the microtome knife and started hacking at the etched furrows.
Certainly have forged ahead since my time, he thoughtsharper than a microtome knife.
Ahead of Michaelmas were storage cubes, work surfaces, instrumentation panels, sterile racks of teasing needles, forceps and scalpels, microtomes, a bank of micromanipulative devices all shrouded beneath transparent flexible dust hoods or safe behind glassy panels.
Jack Dienphong cast his eye about his laboratory: examining the metal tables, the chemical hoods and glove boxes, microscopes, SEMs, microtomes, and titration setups.
There was a good centrifuge, a microtome, a binocular microscope with controlled illumination, gas burner, ranks of clean test tubes -- all the instruments and esoteria of the trade.
Jack Dienphong cast his eye about his laboratory: examining the metal tables, the chemical hoods and glove boxes, microscopes, SEMs, microtomes, and titration setups.