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Descriptor English: Microtomy
Descriptor Spanish: Microtomía
Descriptor microtomía
Entry term(s) sección delgada
ultramicrotomía
Scope note: Técnica que emplea un microtomo para cortar secciones finas y ultrafinas de tejidos impregnados de una sustancia de sustentación. El microtomo es un instrumento provisto de una cuchilla de acero, vidrio o diamante, en un ángulo determinado respecto a los bloques de tejidos preparados, para cortarlos en secciones de igual grosor.
Descriptor Portuguese: Microtomia
Descriptor French: Microtomie
Entry term(s): Sectioning, Thin
Sectionings, Thin
Thin Sectioning
Thin Sectionings
Ultramicrotomy
Tree number(s): E01.370.225.500.620.530
E01.370.225.750.600.530
E05.200.500.620.530
E05.200.750.600.530
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008867
Scope note: The technique of using a microtome to cut thin or ultrathin sections of tissues embedded in a supporting substance. The microtome is an instrument that hold a steel, glass or diamond knife in clamps at an angle to the blocks of prepared tissues, which it cuts in sections of equal thickness.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
DeCS ID: 9055
Unique ID: D008867
NLM Classification: QY 95
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Microtomy - Preferred
Concept UI M0013827
Scope note The technique of using a microtome to cut thin or ultrathin sections of tissues embedded in a supporting substance. The microtome is an instrument that hold a steel, glass or diamond knife in clamps at an angle to the blocks of prepared tissues, which it cuts in sections of equal thickness.
Preferred term Microtomy
Entry term(s) Sectioning, Thin
Sectionings, Thin
Thin Sectioning
Thin Sectionings
Ultramicrotomy - Narrower
Concept UI M0013828
Preferred term Ultramicrotomy



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