Usually means: Precision instrument for slicing specimens.
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  1. microtome: Merriam-Webster
  2. microtome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. microtome: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. microtome: Collins English Dictionary
  5. microtome: Vocabulary.com
  6. microtome: Wordnik
  7. microtome: Wiktionary
  8. microtome: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. microtome: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. microtome: Dictionary.com
  11. Microtome (moth), Microtome: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Microtome: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. microtome: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. microtome: Rhymezone
  15. Microtome: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. microtome: FreeDictionary.org
  17. microtome: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. microtome: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. microtome: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. microtome: Encyclopedia

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (microtome)

▸ noun:  A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope.
▸ verb:  To cut into sections using a microtome

Similar:
microtomy, ultramicrotome, microslicer, histomicrotome, ultratome, microdissection, minislice, microdissector, cryomicrotome, microtomograph, more...

Opposite:
macroscopic, large-scale, big, bulky

Types:
ultramicrotome, cryotome, rotary microtome, vibratome, more...

Phrases:
freezing microtome, rotary microtome, sliding microtome, inventor of the microtome, more...

Adjectives:
rotary, cold, automatic, special, ultra, standard, ordinary, conventional, freezing, large, simple

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Similar:
microtomy, ultramicrotome, microslicer, histomicrotome, ultratome, microdissection, minislice, microdissector, cryomicrotome, microtomograph, more...

Opposite:
macroscopic, large-scale, big, bulky

Types:
ultramicrotome, cryotome, rotary microtome, vibratome, more...

Phrases:
freezing microtome, rotary microtome, sliding microtome, inventor of the microtome, more...

Adjectives:
rotary, cold, automatic, special, ultra, standard, ordinary, conventional, freezing, large, simple



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