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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Part; area; segment: dermatome.
- n. Cutting instrument: microtome.
Wiktionary
- n. An instrument for cutting.
- n. A section or segment.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek (tomē, "a cutting"), from to cut (temnein) (Wiktionary)
- New Latin -tomus, from Greek -tomos, a cutting, from tomos; see tome. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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