-tome

comb. form forming nouns meaning:
1 an instrument for cutting (microtome).
2 a section or segment.
Etymology: Gk tome a cutting, -tomos -cutting, f. temno cut

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\\ˌtōm\ noun combining form (-s)

Etymology: New Latin -tomus, from -tomus cutting, cut, segmented, from Greek -tomos, from temnein to cut

1. : part : section

angiotome

gonotome

2. : cutting instrument

microtome

pharyngotome

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

[comb. form repr. Gk tomé a cutting; tómos a cut, slice; -tomon (neut.), -tomos (masc.) -cutting (adj.)]

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-tome /-tōm/

combining form

1. Denoting: an instrument for cutting

2. A segment

ORIGIN: Gr tomē a cutting, from temnein to cut

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comb. form

1) denoting an instrument for cutting

microtome

2) denoting a section or segment

myotome

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Origin:

sense 1 from Greek -tomon (neuter) ‘that cuts’; sense 2 from Greek tomē ‘a cutting’, both from temnein ‘to cut’

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-tome

(təʊm)

terminal element: (a) f. Gr. -τόµον, neut. of -τόµος that cuts (see -tomy), used in names of instruments for cutting, esp. ones used in surgical operations denoted by the corresponding word in -tomy, as in cystotome s.v. cysto-, hysterotome, microtome; (b) f. Gr. τοµή a cutting, used in words denoting a distinct section or segment of a body or part, as in myotome 1, gonotome s.v. gono-.