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• tomo-
  tomo-

  a combining form meaning “a cut, section,” used in the formation of compound words.
• tomo
  tomo

  noun

  a shaft formed by the action of water on limestone or volcanic rock

tomo-

American  

1. a combining form meaning “a cut, section,” used in the formation of compound words.

   tomography.

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tomo British  

/ ˈtɒmɒ /

noun

1. a shaft formed by the action of water on limestone or volcanic rock

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Usage

What does tomo- mean? Tomo- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “a cut, section.” It is used in a few medical terms. Tomo- comes from the Greek tómos, meaning “cut, slice.” This root, which can also mean “piece, roll of paper, or book,” is also the source of the word tome. Crack open the history of tome at our entry for the word. Also related to tómos is atom. What’s the big idea behind atoms and cutting? Find out in our Origin section for this term. Related to tomo- are the combining forms -ectomy, -tome, -tomy, and -tomous. Slice into their specific meanings at our Words That Use articles for the forms.

Etymology

Origin of tomo-

Combining form representing Greek tómos a cut, section; cf. -tome

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tomo

The second form of the permissive subjunctive is formed by adding the particle tomo to the present indicative; e.g., aguru tomo 'although he could offer it.'

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Richard L. Spear

Royal letters, 1630.—The first and third of these are in tomo 40, fol.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

One of the proverbs handed down from the hoary past is: "Kumpu no ada to tomo ni ten we itadakazu."

From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Sidney Lewis Gulick

Royal orders, 1632–33.—The first is in tomo 40, fol.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

The permissive subjunctive with tomo is fucaqu tomo or fucai tomo 'although deep.'

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Richard L. Spear