Microscopic
An object so small it cannot be seen without the aid of microscope (for example, bacteria and viruses).
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The study of normal structure of an organism under the microscope. Known among medical students simply as ‘micro.’ Also known as histology.
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A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile, also called biliary sludge, that occurs when particles of material precipitate from bile. (Bile is the fluid that is made by the liver. It is stored in the gallbladder until after a meal when it passes out of the gallbladder and through the common bile duct into […]
- Microscopy
mikros, small + skopeo, to view = to view small (objects).
- Microsomia
A body that is too small. A child with microsomia has significant undergrowth.
- Microtia
An abnormally small ear. The term “microtia” usually refers to a congenitally small external ear. The visible part of the ear is abnormally small but it is not entirely absent. Absence of the ear is called “anotia.”