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Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Histological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Histological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy
Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy

Preferred term

Microtomy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Sectionings, Thin
  • Sectioning, Thin
  • Thin Sectioning
  • Thin Sectionings

Scope note

  • The technique of using a microtome to cut thin or ultrathin sections of tissues embedded in a supporting substance. The microtome is an instrument that hold a steel, glass or diamond knife in clamps at an angle to the blocks of prepared tissues, which it cuts in sections of equal thickness.

In other languages

  • mikrotomia

    Finnish

  • kudosleikkuri
  • kudosleikkurin käyttö
  • mikrotomi
  • ohutleikkeiden valmistus
  • Mikrotomi

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008867

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