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ultrastructural

ultrastructural

1 9.0
Tiny parts of cells or tissues that you can only see with a very strong microscope
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌltrəstrʌkˈtʃʊrəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ultrastructural
  • Scientists observed the ultrastructural details of the cell using an electron microscope.
  • ultrastructural features

Examples

  • Ultrastructural observations corroborated the findings observed by immunohistochemistry.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The clinical finding, histopathologic features, ultrastructural observation, and immunoprofile were consistent with primary cutaneous MCC rather than a metastatic small cell carcinoma from the lung.

    Academic text (2007)
  • They all share common ultrastructural and chemical characteristics.

    Blog text (6)
  • This cell death process is accompanied by ultrastructural damage in the plasma membrane, nuclei, and mitochondria, as shown in this study in human spermatozoa.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The morphologic spectrum of myoepithelioma has been expanded with the recent application of diverse cellular and ultrastructural modifications of myoepithelial cells.

    Academic text (2009)
  • In addition to other morphologic and ultrastructural similarities, meningiomas and arachnoidal cap cells have numerous cell adhesion structures.

    Academic text (2007)
  • LT-SEM reveals ultrastructural features, like pores, on the surface of mites' bodies that have never been seen before and that provide vital information on how they move and hold onto their hosts.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Ultrastructural, biochemical, antigenic, and DNA studies showed that the five additional isolates had the same properties as the GTU-54 mycoplasma.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Prolonged exposure of spermatozoa to peroxynitrite causes ultrastructural damage and biochemical markers of cell death compatible with MPT-driven necrosis.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Ultrastructural features consist of hypertrophic Z bands, intranuclear inclusions, and numerous mitochondria with linear intracristal inclusions.

    Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

microscopic
vsultrastructural
52 4.8

So small that only a microscope can see it

refers to much finer observable detail requiring far higher magnification
submicroscopic
vsultrastructural
  • Specialized
1 8.2

Too small to see with the naked eye or a normal microscope

needs extremely high magnification to reveal detailed internal structures
electron microscopic
vsultrastructural
  • Specialized
6.5

Visible only with a very powerful microscope, not with light

focuses on very fine internal detail rather than instrument type
ultramicroscopic
vsultrastructural
  • Specialized
9.9

So small that a normal light microscope cannot show it, only special microscopes can

requires very high magnification to show internal fine detail
micromorphological
vsultrastructural
  • Specialized
9.5

Small details of the structure of a material or living tissue seen with a microscope

focuses on much finer internal detail visible only at very high magnification
microstructural
vsultrastructural
  • Specialized
7.6

About the very small parts inside a material you see with a microscope

is concerned with much finer detail that needs very high magnification
microscopical
vsultrastructural
  • Specialized
9.1

So small that you can only see it with a microscope

points to far more detailed internal structures seen at very high magnification

Surface Forms

ultrastructural positive

Morphology

ultrastructural = structural (semi-transparent) = ultra + structure + al

The adjective is formed regularly by adding ultra- to structural, and the meaning follows the normal pattern of 'extremely/far beyond structural'.

Etymology

The word ultrastructural comes from the prefix ultra- meaning 'beyond' and structure meaning 'arrangement'. So it refers to the very small details inside cells or materials that are 'beyond' normal view and can only be seen with a very strong microscope.