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MICROSCOPY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Research with the use of microscopes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("microscopy" is a kind of...):
research (systematic investigation to establish facts)
Domain member category:
stain ((microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "microscopy"):
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)
Derivation:
microscopic; microscopical (of or relating to or used in microscopy)
microscopist (a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes)
Context examples:
Brightfield microscopy is a type of light microscopy in which objects are seen against a bright background.
(Brightfield Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)
A microscopy acid fast staining method that utilizes auramine O, a bright yellow ketonimine dye, which binds to the mycolic acid in the cell walls of acid fast microorganisms.
(Auramine Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)
It is used for the detection of fungi, parasites, and yeasts, using fluorescent microscopy.
(Calcofluor White Stain, NCI Thesaurus)
As seen by light microscopy one of its subdivisions is the basal (basement) lamina.
(Basement Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)
Electron microscopy shows small secretory granules.
(Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrophobic portion of the plasma membrane as seen during transmission electron microscopy because there is little to no binding of the detection reagent.
(Electron-Lucent Plasma Membrane Layer, NCI Thesaurus)
The Digital Imaging Shared Resource provides Cancer Center investigators with support in high-resolution deconvolution microscopy, digital epi-fluorescence and brightfield microscopy, quantitative image analysis, cell microinjection and resulting biological analyses, and photo-production.
(Digital Imaging Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrophilic portions of the plasma membrane as seen during transmission electron microscopy.
(Electron-Dense Plasma Membrane Layer, NCI Thesaurus)
Inspection of objects or surfaces requiring magnification using a microscope e.g. with electron, optical, or scanning probe microscopy.
(Device Microscopic Inspection Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
They are typically used as cell and tissue labels in fluorescence microscopy and cell biology.
(Alexa Fluor, NCI Thesaurus)
