microtome

plural microtomes

1. A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope.

   The first microtome was constructed for John Hill, to make the specimens described in his book on the structure of timber (1770).

   1998, Robert Bud, Deborah Jean Warner, editors, Instruments of Science: An Historical Encyclopedia, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 401

present singular third person microtomes · participle present microtoming · participle past microtomed · past microtomed

1. To cut into sections using a microtome