microscopy
noun/maɪˈkɹɒs.kə.pi/UK/maɪˈkɹɑ.skə.pi/US/mɑɪˈkɹɔs.kə.pi/
Etymology
From micro- + -scopy.
- derived from σκοπέω
Definitions
The study of microscopes, their design and manufacture.
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
Derived
biomicroscopy, colpomicroscopy, copromicroscopy, cryomicroscopy, endomicroscopy, fluoromicroscopy, heliomicroscopy, immunomicroscopy, intravital microscopy, nanomicroscopy, otomicroscopy, photomicroscopy, spectromicroscopy, submicroscopy, supermicroscopy, telemicroscopy, ultramicroscopy, videomicroscopy
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