microscopically
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- adverb
- /ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪkli/
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microscópicamente
- When examined microscopically, the alveolar structure appeared to be intact, the pulmonary interstitium was not notably edematous, and there was no evidence of inflammatory cell infiltration in the sham-operated group.
- microscopically thin
- microscopically similar
Examples
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Microscopically, rhabdomyosarcoma can be distinguished by the presence of atypical mitotic figures, nuclear pleomorphism, and foci of invasion.
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Microscopically, the oncocytes appear as large cells with a distinctly deep eosinophilic, finely granular cytoplasm.
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The probability that it will be useful to a given person is microscopically small.
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Microscopically, in the description of quantum mechanics, however, matter still has zero-point energy even at absolute zero because of the uncertainty principle.
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The object is to keep the bone ends pulling apart microscopically, so healing does not occur and more osteoblasts are laid down between the bone ends.
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The morphologic features of their hyphal and other structures developed in these media, including oogonia, were microscopically investigated.
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Two of the 25 angiolipomas were microscopically unencapsulated and showed some degree of infiltration into adjacent tissues.
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Microscopically, the specimen exhibited a proliferation of ovoid cells with a characteristic palisade pattern, suggesting a schwannoma (figure 3).
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The scientist examined the samples microscopically to identify any contaminants.
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The carvings on the ancient artifact were so fine that they could only be seen microscopically.
Synonyms
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Describe or record something with great care for small details
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
microscopically = microscopic (semi-transparent) = micro + scope + ic + ally
The adverb is transparently formed from the adjective 'microscopic' with an adverbial suffix.
Etymology
The word microscopically comes from micro- meaning 'small' and -scope meaning 'to look', the same idea you see in microscope. So to examine something microscopically means to look at very small details very carefully.