microscopy B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /maɪˈkɹɑ.skə.pi/ UK /maɪˈkɹɒs.kə.pi/ See IPA manual Freq #97519 Meanings 1 noun The use of microscopes to study very small objects. The disease was diagnosed using microscopy of blood cells. Thesaurus Word family Forms microscopies Derived forms biomicroscopycolpomicroscopycopromicroscopycryomicroscopyendomicroscopyfluoromicroscopyheliomicroscopyimmunomicroscopynanomicroscopyotomicroscopyphotomicroscopyspectromicroscopy Common collocations fluorescence microscopy Noun + noun Etymology AI details From micro- + -scopy. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # microscopy **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /maɪˈkɹɑ.skə.pi/ **IPA (UK):** /maɪˈkɹɒs.kə.pi/ **Frequency rank:** 97519 ## Meanings 1. The use of microscopes to study very small objects. ## Examples - The disease was diagnosed using microscopy of blood cells. ## Derived Forms - biomicroscopy - colpomicroscopy - copromicroscopy - cryomicroscopy - endomicroscopy - fluoromicroscopy - heliomicroscopy - immunomicroscopy - nanomicroscopy - otomicroscopy - photomicroscopy - spectromicroscopy ## Etymology From micro- + -scopy. ## AI Etymology Microscopy comes from micro- + -scopy. In present-day English it covers the use of microscopes to study very small objects. Related and derived forms include biomicroscopy, colpomicroscopy, and copromicroscopy. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown