-tome

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-tome word element [Gr.], an instrument for cutting; a segment.

-tome

suff.

1. Part; area; segment: dermatome.

2. Cutting instrument: microtome.

-tome,

1 suffix meaning a "cutting instrument": labiotome, neurotome, thyrotome.

2 combining form meaning a "(specified) segment or region": dermomyotome, pleurotome, viscerotome.

-tome

word element. [Gr.] an instrument for cutting, a segment.

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