ultrastructural
- adjective
- /ˌʌltrəstrʌkˈtʃʊrəl/
- Specialized
- Scientists observed the ultrastructural details of the cell using an electron microscope.
- ultrastructural features
Examples
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Ultrastructural observations corroborated the findings observed by immunohistochemistry.
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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.
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They all share common ultrastructural and chemical characteristics.
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This cell death process is accompanied by ultrastructural damage in the plasma membrane, nuclei, and mitochondria, as shown in this study in human spermatozoa.
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The morphologic spectrum of myoepithelioma has been expanded with the recent application of diverse cellular and ultrastructural modifications of myoepithelial cells.
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In addition to other morphologic and ultrastructural similarities, meningiomas and arachnoidal cap cells have numerous cell adhesion structures.
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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.
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Ultrastructural, biochemical, antigenic, and DNA studies showed that the five additional isolates had the same properties as the GTU-54 mycoplasma.
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Prolonged exposure of spermatozoa to peroxynitrite causes ultrastructural damage and biochemical markers of cell death compatible with MPT-driven necrosis.
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Ultrastructural features consist of hypertrophic Z bands, intranuclear inclusions, and numerous mitochondria with linear intracristal inclusions.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
So small that only a microscope can see it
Too small to see with the naked eye or a normal microscope
Visible only with a very powerful microscope, not with light
So small that a normal light microscope cannot show it, only special microscopes can
Small details of the structure of a material or living tissue seen with a microscope
About the very small parts inside a material you see with a microscope
So small that you can only see it with a microscope
Surface Forms
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.