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histotomy

histotomy noun: the dissection of organic tissues.

Noun

histotomy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The dissection of organic tissues.

Origin of histotomy

From histo- + -tomy.

Questions about histotomy

What does histotomy mean?
Histotomy means the dissection of organic tissues.
What part of speech is histotomy?
Histotomy is a noun.

Words near histotomy in the dictionary

  1. histotechnologies
  2. histotechnologist
  3. histotechnologists
  4. histotechnology
  5. histotechs
  6. histotomy
  7. histotope
  8. histotopes
  9. histotoxic
  10. histotoxicity
  11. histotripsy

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