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Microscope

An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.

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Angioscope 76% connected

An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

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Magnifier 76% connected

One who, or that which, magnifies.

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Microscopic 74% connected

Alt. of Microscopical

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Microscopic 74% connected

Alt. of Microscopical

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Microscopical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.

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Microscopical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.

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Camera lucida 70% connected

An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects t…

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Biology 84% connected

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue.…

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