n :  an instrument for cutting sections (as of organic tissues) for microscopic examination <bone-sectioning s> 
, vt, -tomed  -tom*ing  :  to cut in sections with a microtome .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  mac·ro·tome  mi·crot·o·my 
 
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