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microscopic /mi·cro·scop·ic/ (mi″kro-skop´ik)
1. of extremely small size; visible only by the aid of the microscope.
2. pertaining or relating to a microscope or to microscopy.

mi·cro·scop·ic (mkr-skpk) or mi·cro·scop·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
1. Too small to be seen by the unaided eye but large enough to be studied under a microscope.
2. Of, relating to, or concerned with a microscope.
3. Being or characterized as exceedingly small; minute.

microscopic
[mī′krəskop′ik]
Etymology: Gk, mikros + skopein, to look
1 pertaining to a microscope.
2 very small; visible only when magnified and illuminated by a microscope. Compare gross.

microscopic [mi″kro-skop´ik]
1. of extremely small size; visible only by the aid of a microscope.
2. pertaining or relating to a microscope or to microscopy.

microscopic
of extremely small size; visible only with the aid of a microscope.

microscopic agglutination test
see microscopic agglutination test.


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