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METROTOMY n. 2 definitions
The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Cæsarean section.
MICROTOME n.
An instrument for making very thin sections for microscopical examination.
MICROTOMIC; MICROTOMICAL a.
Of or pert. to the microtome or microtomy; cutting thin slices.
MICROTOMIST n.
One who is skilled in or practices microtomy.
MICROTOMY n.
The art of using the microtome; investigation carried on with the microtome.
MITOME n.
The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell.
MONATOMIC adv. 2 definitions
Consisting of, or containing, one atom; as, the molecule of mercury is monatomic.
MONOTOMOUS a.
Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only.
MYOTOME n. 3 definitions
A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma.
MYOTOMIC a.
Of or pertaining to a myotome or myotomes.
MYOTOMY n.
The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of muscles.
MYZOSTOMATA n.
An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.
NECROTOMY n.
The dissection of dead bodies; also, excision of necrosed bone. --Nec`ro*tom"ic (#), a. --Nec*rot"o*mist (#), n.
NEPHROSTOME n.
The funnelshaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.
NEPHROTOMY n.
Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.
NEUROTOME n. 2 definitions
An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves.
NEUROTOMICAL a.
Of or pertaining to neurotomy.
NEUROTOMIST n.
One who skilled in or practices neurotomy.
NEUROTOMY n. 2 definitions
The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.
NYMPHOTOMY n.
Excision of the nymphæ.
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