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What does microtomy mean?

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Noun
  1. The preparation of very thin slices of animal or plant tissue by means of a microtome.
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The specimens were fixed on paraffin wax and blocks prepared for microtomy.
Lung tissue tended to have the highest rate of lost fragments in the microtomy step.
For specialist purposes glass knives are still made and used today, particularly for cutting thin sections for electron microscopy in a technique known as microtomy.

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