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microtome

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microtome /mi·cro·tome/ (mi´krah-tōm) an instrument for cutting thin sections for microscopic study.
mi·cro·tome (mkr-tm)
n.
An instrument that is used to cut a specimen, as of organic tissue, into thin sections for microscopic examination. Also called histotome.

microtome
[mī′krətōm]
Etymology: Gk, mikros + temnein, to cut
a device that cuts specimens of tissue prepared in paraffin blocks into extremely thin slices for microscopic study.

microtome [mi´kro-tōm]
an instrument for making thin sections for microscopic study.
freezing microtome one for cutting frozen tissues.
rotary microtome one in which wheel action is translated into a back-and-forth movement of the specimen being sectioned.
sliding microtome one in which the specimen being sectioned is made to slide on a track.

microtome
an instrument for making thin sections for microscopic study.

freezing microtome
one for cutting frozen tissues.
rotary microtome
one in which wheel action is translated into a back-and-forth movement of the specimen being sectioned.
sliding microtome
one in which the specimen being sectioned is made to slide on a track.


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Three different sample morphologies were characterized: (1) top view of environmental stress crack (ESC) without cutting, (2) cross section view of ESC by microtome sectioning perpendicular to the crack direction, and (3) fracture surface observation by freezing the failed samples to obtain the morphology of the crack surfaces.
Bringing the convenience of on-demand slide printing directly to the microtome, the SlideMate's small footprint (about the size of a toaster) enables it to be integrated at workstations or put on shelves on top of workstations.
3 - Transmission electron microscope (TEM) image taken from anultra-thin slice of IBN-9 nanofiber cut by microtome, along [001] zone axis.
 
 
 
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