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A laboratory instrument used to magnify objects. Many disease-producing organisms are so small that they can be observed only through the use of a These organisms are said to be microscopic. A scientific instrument with lenses, which makes very small objects appear larger. Instrument for producing a magnified image of an object that may be…

The perception of objects as smaller than they actually are macropsia. A condition in which someone sees objects smaller than they really are, caused by an unusual development in the retina. A condition in which objects appear smaller than they really are. It is usually due to disease of the retina affecting the macula but…

A penis that is correctly formed, but that is less than 2 cm long.  

One type of connective tissue cell found in the brain and spinal cord. Tissue in the central nervous system composed of tiny cells which destroy other cells. Small cells of the central nervous system that act as phagocytes, collecting waste products of nerve tissue. One of the two basic classes of glia (the non-nervous cells…

The male gamete of Plasmodium that develops in the mosquito.  

Small, rounded, resistant cells with thick walls.  

Small unicellular fungus spores.  

Generally, an outmoded term referring to computers that are manufactured for personal use to be used for testing, data storage and analysis, and computer-aided instruction.  

A condition often associated with feeblemindedness. A condition in which a person has an unusually small head, sometimes caused by the mother having had a rubella infection during pregnancy. Microcephaly refers to a smaller than normal head circumference with the presumption that the smaller size reflects a smaller-sized brain. Rather than a disorder or disease…