ultramicroscopic
Britishadjective
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too small to be seen with an optical microscope
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of or relating to an ultramicroscope
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Its predictions are stunningly accurate, and its power to grasp the unseen ultramicroscopic world has brought us modern marvels.
From New York Times • May 8, 2018
Blumberg found the cause to be an ultramicroscopic viruslike particle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Felix d'Herelle thinks the bacteriophage is an ultramicroscopic living organism which is parasitic in bacteria and reproduces itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are organic chemical compounds in the blood stream, in units of ultramicroscopic size.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another of the ultramicroscopic microbes is perhaps the cause of influenza which carried off in a few months more victims among young people than the greatest war in human history did in over four years.
From Religion And Health by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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