Xylotomy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Xylotomy \Xy*lot"o*my\, n. [Pref. xylo- + -tomy.]
     Art of preparing sections (transverse, tangential, or radial)
     of wood, esp. by means of a microtome, for microscopic
     examination.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]