• A microtome (from the Greek mikros, meaning "small", and temnein, meaning "to cut") is a cutting tool used to produce extremely thin slices of material...
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    The laser microtome is an instrument used for non-contact sectioning of biological tissues or materials. It was developed by the Rowiak GmbH, a spin-off...
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    frozen to form hardened blocks. For light microscopy, a knife mounted in a microtome is used to cut tissue sections (typically between 5-15 micrometers thick)...
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    called a microtome, placed in a freezer. The cryostat is usually a stationary upright freezer, with an external wheel for rotating the microtome. The temperature...
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  • Microtome is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths...
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  • Marrow puncture Bone marrow biopsy needle Rotary microtome Electrical microtome Base sledge microtome Hypodermic needle Intravenous cannula Peak flow meter...
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    The Climate of London. In 1770 he is credited with the invention of the microtome, a machine for making extremely thin slices as used in slide-preparation...
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    compound is used to embed tissue samples prior to frozen sectioning on a microtome-cryostat. This process is undertaken so as to mount slices (sections)...
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    cutting are the knife and saw, or in medicine and science the scalpel and microtome. However, any sufficiently sharp object is capable of cutting if it has...
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  • surface tension concentration data and the Gibbs adsorption equation. The microtome blade method is used to determine the weight and molal concentration of...
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    oncological surgery. The technical name for this procedure is cryosection. The microtome device that cold cuts thin blocks of frozen tissue is called a cryotome...
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    invented the microtome. By treating animal tissue with acids and salts to harden it and then slicing it very thinly with the microtome, scientists were...
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    provide a properly oriented sample sturdy enough for obtaining a thin microtome section(s) for the slide. Once the wax embedded block is finished, sections...
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    regenerative capacity. The deeper layers, if reshaped by a laser or cut by a microtome, will remain that way permanently with only limited healing or remodelling...
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    deli products. Microplane – used for the grating of various food items. Microtome – the laboratory-grade equivalent, for much finer slicing thicknesses...
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  • editions of the journal were published by MIT Press until 2004 and by Microtome Publishing thereafter. From its inception, the journal received no revenue...
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  • under electron microscopy, sections should be from 20 to 30 nanometers. Microtome can be used in sectioning of sufficiently thin slices. If the objects...
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    small slivers of wood for examination under a microscope, often using a microtome. It is useful for providing forensic evidence in some criminal cases where...
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    the ways to parse the brain, by obtaining sections of the brain using a microtome and staining them with chemical agents which reveal where different neurons...
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    embedded in melted paraffin wax, the resulting block is mounted on a microtome and cut into thin slices. The slices are affixed to microscope slides...
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  • microscope samples in plastic so they may be sectioned (sliced thin) with a microtome and then imaged. Durcupan is notable for refractive index nD20 of 1.654...
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    study of small structures involved passing light through them, and the microtome was invented to provide sufficiently thin slices of tissue to examine...
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  • is that the thickness of the slice which can be removed with the ultra-microtome is limited (~25 nm), thus the resolution in the depth direction is limited...
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    set in a mold with wax to cool and solidify. Sections are then cut on a microtome. Agent for preparation of specimens for histology Anti-caking agent, moisture...
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    to reduce the need for thin sectioning using instruments such as the microtome. Many different techniques for optical sectioning are used and several...
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  • 1872, as Precision Engineering Headquarters Nussloch, Germany Products Microtome; Cryostat; Vibratome, Digital Pathology Scanner Parent Danaher Corporation...
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    intercalated discs, when seen on histopathology, have two main causes: Microtome sectioning, thereby being a visual artifact. Forceful myocardial contraction...
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    microscope samples in plastic so they may be sectioned (sliced thin) with a microtome and then imaged. Epoxy resin, mixed with pigment, may be used as a painting...
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    protoplasm (the substance found inside cells.) Purkyně was the first to use a microtome to make thin slices of tissue for microscopic examination and was among...
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  • Pereira; Stuart M. Shieber (2005). Prolog and Natural Language Analysis. Microtome. Adam Lally; Paul Fodor (31 March 2011). "Natural Language Processing...
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