microscopy
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mi·cros·co·py
(mī-krŏs′kə-pē)n. pl. mi·cros·co·pies
1.
a. The study of microscopes.
b. The use of microscopes.
2. Investigation employing a microscope.
mi·cros′co·pist n.
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microscopy
(maɪˈkrɒskəpɪ)n
1. (General Physics) the study, design, and manufacture of microscopes
2. (General Physics) investigation by use of a microscope
microscopist n
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mi•cros•co•py
(maɪˈkrɒs kə pi, ˈmaɪ krəˌskoʊ pi)n.
1. the use of the microscope.
2. microscopic investigation.
[1655–65]
mi•cros′co•pist, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  microscopy - research with the use of microscopesresearch - systematic investigation to establish facts electron microscopy - microscopy with the use of electron microscopes dark field illumination, dark ground illumination - a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background fluorescence microscopy - light microscopy in which the specimen is irradiated at wavelengths that excite fluorochromes stain - (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mi·cros·co·py
n. microscopía, examen que se realiza con un microscopio.
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microscopy
n microscopia or microscopíaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.