ultramicrotome
noun
ul·tra·mi·cro·tome
ˌəl-trə-ˈmī-krə-ˌtōm 
: a microtome for cutting extremely thin sections for electron microscopy
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Jeff Lichtman, a neuroscientist at Harvard University, has built a device called an ultramicrotome that uses a diamond knife to shave brain tissue layer by layer.
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Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2012
The ultramicrotome then affixes each slice to a tape that gets fed into a microscope.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2012
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Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2012
The ultramicrotome then affixes each slice to a tape that gets fed into a microscope.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2012
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ultramicrotome
noun
ul·tra·mi·cro·tome
-ˈmī-krə-ˌtōm
: a microtome for cutting extremely thin sections for electron microscopy
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