-TOME


Meaning of -TOME in English

■ combining form

1》 denoting an instrument for cutting: microtome.

2》 denoting a section or segment.

Origin

sense 1 from Gk -tomon (neut.) 'that cuts'; sense 2 from Gk tomē 'a cutting'.

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