microscopic
6
5.3
- adjective
- /ˌmaɪkrəˈskɑːpɪk/
- Specialized
:
microscópico
- The tissue was submitted for microscopic examination, and an ameloblastoma of the follicular type was diagnosed.
- microscopic examination
- microscopic analysis
- microscopic techniques
And among those books are Martin Frobenius, leader Muller's Microscopic Amusements.
- And among those books are Martin Frobenius, leader Muller's Microscopic Amusements.
Examples
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We move in on the test tube to a microscopic view: The geography of cells is at war.
Fiction book (1993) -
The development of modern techniques of microscopic manipulation has changed the experimental situation.
Academic text (2006) -
You can say you have a total microscopic cross section.
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We want to ask ourselves is that a microscopic basis for this equation?
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Just let me get out the microscopic lens here.
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The presence of any visible or palpable pathology will then mandate a microscopic examination.
Academic text (2015) -
The sections were mounted on slides and stained with thionine for microscopic examination.
Academic text (2004) -
Peripheral and placental smears were stained with Giemsa, and 200 microscopic fields were examined.
Academic text (2013) -
Figure 2: Histopathologically, microscopic examination reveals a tumor arranged in lobules in myxoid tissue, separated by fibrous bands.
Academic text (2005) -
The scientist used a microscopic lens to observe the tiny details of the cell structure.
Synonyms
Using a microscope to study very small things
Compounds
- Specialized
Study of the tiny parts inside tissues and organs using a microscope
- Specialized
A very small glass piece that makes tiny things look bigger in a microscope
How Small
- Specialized
27
6.3
- Specialized
1
8.2
- Specialized
50
3.9
- Specialized
126
4.6
- Specialized
6
5.3
- Specialized
4
5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
microscopic = microscope (transparent) = microscope + ic
Clearly denotes something pertaining to or used with a microscope; directly derived from the base noun.
Etymology
The word microscopic shares the parts micro- 'small' and -scopic 'to look' with microscope, so it describes things or methods that use a microscope and means 'for looking at very small things'.