microtomyn.
/mʌɪˈkrɒtəmi/, U.S. /ˌmaɪˈkrɑdəmi/ Biology and Medicine.
The use of a microtome.
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1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 1185 On some points in microtomy.
1928 Science 15 June 610/2 For students it would save the laborious work of microtomy and the subsequent reconstruction of organs from sections.
1967 Science 22 Sept. 1454/2 A study of the normal and pathological anatomy of the human ear by direct microdissection in place of conventional microtomy.
1982 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 69 1637/1 Samples of dry seed were directly fixed in acetic-alcohol and prepared for microtomy.
1994 Jrnl. Histotechnol. 17 139/1 Selected technicians were assigned the embedding, microtomy and staining of each tissue (liver, brain and breast).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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