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-tome

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-tome

 
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a combining form with the meanings “cutting instrument” (microtome; osteotome), “segment, somite” (sclerotome), used in the formation of compound words.
Compare tomo-, -tomous, -tomy.

Origin:
comb. form repr. Gk tom a cutting; tómos a cut, slice; -tomon (neut.), -tomos (masc.) -cutting (adj.)
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-tome  
suff.  

  1. Part; area; segment: dermatome.

  2. Cutting instrument: microtome.


[New Latin -tomus, from Greek -tomos, a cutting, from tomos; see tome.]
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-tome suff.

  1. Part; area; segment: dermatome.

  2. Cutting instrument: microtome.

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