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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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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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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Cryostat (section Biological microtome type)
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. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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1872, as Precision Engineering Headquarters Nussloch, Germany Products Microtome; Cryostat; Vibratome, Digital Pathology Scanner Parent Danaher Corporation...
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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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set in a mold with wax to cool and solidify. Sections are then cut on a microtome. Candle-making Wax carving Bicycle chain lubrication Coatings for waxed...
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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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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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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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before examination in the microscope. Samples may be sectioned (with a microtome) if information about the organism's internal ultrastructure is to be...
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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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used as a decalcifying agent making it possible to cut sections using a microtome once the tissue sample is demineralised. EDTA is also known to inhibit...
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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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frozen rapidly (cryofixation), then fractured by breaking (or by using a microtome) while maintained at liquid nitrogen temperature. The cold fractured surface...
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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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astigmatism and cure the first and second stages of keratoconus. Metal microtome knives or razor blades are too soft and dull to cut ultrathin sections...
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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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replacing the water with paraffin, cutting it into very thin sections using a microtome, placing the sections on a microscope slide, staining the tissue using...
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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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