An instrument for cutting extremely thin sections of material for examination under a microscope.
〔主生物〕（为作显微镜检查把组织切成极薄切片用的）超薄切片机
Example sentencesExamples
Selected specimens were examined under the SEM, then embedded in resin and cut into 3 m thin sections using a rotation microtome.
Leaves were sectioned on a sliding microtome and stained with safranin and Alcian Blue before being dehydrated through an alcohol series, taken through Histoclear and mounted onto microscope slides in Euparal.
Thick 250 m slices cut on a vibrating microtome are prepared and maintained in vitro for 0-3 days.
Pod wall, seed coat, and seed sections, from fresh glasshouse-grown material harvested mid-photoperiod, were cut using a sledge microtome.
To avoid possible contamination during cutting of the slides, the microtome and water bath were cleaned thoroughly before histologic sectioning of a case for molecular analysis.
Definition of microtome in US English:
microtome
nounˈmīkrəˌtōmˈmaɪkrəˌtoʊm
Biology
An instrument for cutting extremely thin sections of material for examination under a microscope.
〔主生物〕（为作显微镜检查把组织切成极薄切片用的）超薄切片机
Example sentencesExamples
To avoid possible contamination during cutting of the slides, the microtome and water bath were cleaned thoroughly before histologic sectioning of a case for molecular analysis.
Pod wall, seed coat, and seed sections, from fresh glasshouse-grown material harvested mid-photoperiod, were cut using a sledge microtome.
Selected specimens were examined under the SEM, then embedded in resin and cut into 3 m thin sections using a rotation microtome.
Thick 250 m slices cut on a vibrating microtome are prepared and maintained in vitro for 0-3 days.
Leaves were sectioned on a sliding microtome and stained with safranin and Alcian Blue before being dehydrated through an alcohol series, taken through Histoclear and mounted onto microscope slides in Euparal.