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单词 tome
释义

tome

[ tohm ]
/ toʊm /
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noun

a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
a volume forming a part of a larger work.

Origin of tome

1510–20; <French <Latin tomus<Greek tómos slice, piece, roll of paper, book, akin to témnein to cut

Definition for tome (2 of 2)

-tome

a combining form with the meanings “cutting instrument” (microtome; osteotome), “segment, somite” (sclerotome), used in the formation of compound words.
Compare tomo-, -tomous, -tomy.

Origin of -tome

combining form representing Greek tomḗ a cutting; tómos a cut, slice; -tomon (neuter), -tomos (masculine) -cutting (adj.)
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British Dictionary definitions for tome (1 of 2)

tome
/ (təʊm) /

noun

a large weighty book
one of the several volumes of a work

Word Origin for tome

C16: from French, from Latin tomus section of larger work, from Greek tomos a slice, from temnein to cut; related to Latin tondēre to shear

British Dictionary definitions for tome (2 of 2)

-tome

n combining form

indicating an instrument for cuttingosteotome

Word Origin for -tome

from Greek tomē a cutting, tomos a slice, from temnein to cut
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for tome

-tome

suff.

Part; area; segment:dermatome.
Cutting instrument:microtome.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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