photomicrograph
Americannoun
noun
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Sometimes called: microphotograph. a photograph of a microscope image
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a less common name for microphotograph
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Etymology
Origin of photomicrograph
First recorded in 1855–60; photo- + micrograph
Example Sentences
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Figure 13.19 Dorsal Root Ganglion The cell bodies of sensory neurons, which are unipolar neurons by shape, are seen in this photomicrograph.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Chemist von Grosse took a photomicrograph of his precious mite by the light of its own rays.
From Time Magazine Archive
They can be seen with special ultraviolet microscopes, but strong ultraviolet is also deadly to cells; only the picture of a tiny corpse appears in the photomicrograph.
From Time Magazine Archive
The photomicrograph of this pigment shows its extremely fine, amorphous nature with complete absence of crystals.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
A photomicrograph of curd at the time the salt is added.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Edwin George Hastings
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