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
It probably belongs therefore to the class of ultramicroscopic organisms called filterable viri.
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
Blumberg found the cause to be an ultramicroscopic viruslike particle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Horse-sickness takes ten short days to develop after infection, and the organism is so tiny that it passes through the finest filter and is ultramicroscopic.
From Sketches of the East Africa Campaign by Robert Valentine Dolbey
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