microscopy

noun
/maɪˈkɹɒs.kə.pi/UK/maɪˈkɹɑ.skə.pi/US/mɑɪˈkɹɔs.kə.pi/

Etymology

From micro- + -scopy.

  1. derived from σκοπέω
  2. formed as microscopy — “micro- + -scopy

Definitions

  1. The study of microscopes, their design and manufacture.

  2. The use of microscopes.

    • Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”
    • Nematodes are transparent. It is one of the features that make them an ideal model organism, amenable to microscopy.

The neighborhood

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