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microscope(dictionary)
X-ray microscope(medicine)
microscope(encyclopedia)
Microscope(medicine)
microscope, X-ray(medicine)
stereoscopic microscope(medicine)
slit microscope(medicine)
simple microscope(medicine)

microscope (oh)




[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: microscopium, from micro- ( MICRO-) + -scopium (from Greek -skopion 'instrument for seeing')]
a scientific instrument that makes extremely small things look larger
under/through a microscope
::Abnormalities in the cells can be seen quite clearly under a microscope.
::Each sample was examined through a microscope.
put sth under the microscope
to examine a situation very closely and carefully
::Our prison system is being put under the microscope after an alarming number of deaths and suicides this year.