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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,314 words match “TOM”

LARYNGOTOMY n.
The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies.
LARYNGOTRACHEOTOMY n.
The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing.
LEPTOMENINGITIS n.
Inflammation of the pia mater or of the arachnoid membrane.
LITHOTOME n. 2 definitions
A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.
LITHOTOMIC; LITHOTOMICAL a.
Pertaining to, or performed by, lithotomy.
LITHOTOMIST n.
One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation.
LITHOTOMY n.
The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.
MAGNETOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the intensity of magnetic forces; also, less frequently, an instrument for determining any of the terrestrial magnetic elements, as the dip and declination.
MAGNETOMETRIC a.
ining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometric instruments; magnetometric measurements.
MAGNETOMOTIVE a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a force producing magnetic flux, analogous to electromotive force, and equal to the magnetic flux multiplied by the magnetic reluctance.
MAGNETOMOTOR n.
A voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of electro-magnetic phenomena. [R.]
MALACOSTOMOUS a.
Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes.
MEATOTOME n.
An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.
MEGASTOME n.
One of a group of univalve shells, having a large aperture or mouth.
MELASTOMA n.
A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.
MELASTOMACEOUS a.
Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.
MENTOMECKELIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw. -- n.
MEROSTOMATA n.
A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus.
METASTOMA; METASTOME n.
A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.
METROTOME n.
An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neck of the uterus.
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