microscopy

[ mahy-kros-kuh-pee, mahy-kruh-skoh-pee ]

noun

1. the use of the microscope.
2. microscopic investigation.

microscopy

/ maɪˈkrɒskəpɪ; maɪˈkrɒskəpɪst /

noun

1. the study, design, and manufacture of microscopes
2. investigation by use of a microscope

Derived Forms

• microscopist, noun

Other Words From

• mi·cros·co·pist [mahy-, kros, -k, uh, -pist, mahy-kr, uh, -, skoh, -pist], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of microscopy¹

First recorded in 1655–65; microscope + -y ³

Example Sentences

In case of techniques like fluorescence microscopy they deal with specific light sources on a black background.

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Using microscopy, they captured movies of the cell and its chloroplast and then fitted a network of nodes and edges to its complex shape using computer algorithms.

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John said these findings suggest that the standard intravenous and oral treatment lowers the parasite level to where it cannot be detected by microscopy, but it does not completely eliminate the parasite in some children.

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This is precisely where Gruber started with his investigations, choosing what would seem at first glance to be an unconventional method to cast light on the opening scene of COF formation: iSCAT microscopy.

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Before and after the mice learned, the researchers used cutting-edge microscopy to watch individual time cells fire in real time.

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