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microtomy

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

Noun

microtomy (usually uncountable, plural microtomies)

  1. (usually) The preparation of very thin slices of animal or plant tissue by means of a microtome.

microtomy meaning in Tamil

microtomy in Tamil

நுண்பிரிகை

Forms of microtomy

pluralmicrotomies

Origin of microtomy

From micro- + -tomy.

Words formed from microtomy

Questions about microtomy

What does microtomy mean?
Microtomy means the preparation of very thin slices of animal or plant tissue by means of a microtome.
What is microtomy in Tamil?
Microtomy in Tamil is நுண்பிரிகை. See Microtomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is microtomy?
Microtomy is a noun.
What is the plural of microtomy?
The plural of microtomy is microtomies.

Words near microtomy in the dictionary

  1. microtomographer
  2. microtomographers
  3. microtomographic
  4. microtomographs
  5. microtomography
  6. microtomy
  7. microtonal
  8. microtonalism
  9. microtonalist
  10. microtonalists
  11. microtonalities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: microtomy (page history and authors); microtomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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