Usually means: Slicing specimens into thin sections.
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  1. microtomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. microtomy: Collins English Dictionary
  3. microtomy: Wordnik
  4. microtomy: Wiktionary
  5. microtomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. microtomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. microtomy: Dictionary.com
  8. Microtomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Microtomy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Microtomy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. microtomy: FreeDictionary.org
  12. microtomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. microtomy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. microtomy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. microtomy: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  The preparation of very thin slices of animal or plant tissue by means of a microtome.

Similar:
microtome, ultramicrotomy, microslicer, microdissection, microsectioning, ultracryotomy, microtomist, ultratome, minislice, ultracryomicrotomy, more...

Opposite:
macroscopy, macroscopic, macroanalysis

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Similar:
microtome, ultramicrotomy, microslicer, microdissection, microsectioning, ultracryotomy, microtomist, ultratome, minislice, ultracryomicrotomy, more...

Opposite:
macroscopy, macroscopic, macroanalysis



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