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Slit-lamp microscope
A microscope with slit illumination for examining the eye, especially the cornea.
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Scanning electron microscope
An electron microscope that scans the image point by point and displays the image on a photographic film or television screen. The SEM, unlike other types of microscopes, allows a three-dimensional view of the tissue, and tissues do not need to be extensively handled and prepared in order to be visualized. The magnification ranges from…
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Polarization microscope
A microscope for examining specimens that polarize light or have double refraction.
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Phase microscope
A compound microscope to which a diffraction or phase plate and a specialized condenser diaphragm have been added. These make it possible to view details of objects characterized by differences in refractive index and thus delineate a change of phase, such as brightness or color. This microscope is particularly useful for viewing living cells and…
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Light microscope
A microscope that uses visible fight to allow viewing of the object.
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Dark-field microscope
A microscope by which objects invisible through an ordinary microscope may be seen by means of powerful side illumination.
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Compound microscope
A microscope with two or more objective lenses with different magnifications.
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Microrespirometer
Device for measuring oxygen consumption of minute amounts of tissue.
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Microrefractometer
Refractometer used to study cells, especially red blood cells.
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Micropus
One with unusually small feet.
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