microscopy

From micro- +‎ -scopy.

• enPR: mī-krŏsʹkə-pē
• (UK) IPA^(key): /maɪˈkɹɒs.kə.pi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /maɪˈkɹɑs.kə.pi/

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• Hyphenation: mi‧cros‧co‧py

microscopy (countable and uncountable, plural microscopies)

1. The study of microscopes, their design and manufacture.
2. The use of microscopes.
   • 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 88:

     Nematodes are transparent. It is one of the features that make them an ideal model organism, amenable to microscopy.