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   -tome

   /təʊm/

   combining form

   • 1. denoting an instrument for cutting: "microtome"
   • 2. denoting a section or segment: "myotome"

   Word Origin -tome (sense 1) from Greek -tomon (neuter) ‘that cuts’; -tome (sense 2) from Greek tomē ‘a cutting’, both from temnein ‘to cut’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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