micrography

micrography
1. Writing with very minute letters, sometimes observed in psychoses and in paralysis agitans. 2. A description of objects seen with a microscope. 3. SYN: photomicrography. [micro- + G. grapho, to write]

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mi·crog·ra·phy mī-'kräg-rə-fē n, pl -phies
1) examination or study with the microscope
2) the art or process of producing micrographs

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mi·crog·ra·phy (mi-krogґrə-fe) [micro- + -graphy] 1. an account of microscopic objects. 2. microscopy.

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