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tome



Pronunciation: (tōm), [key]
—n.
1. a book, esp. a very heavy, large, or learned book.
2. a volume forming a part of a larger work.

-tome




a combining form with the meanings “cutting instrument” (microtome; osteotome), “segment, somite” (sclerotome), used in the formation of compound words. Cf. tomo-, -tomous, -tomy.

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