microscope
micro·scope [microscope microscopes] BrE [ˈmaɪkrəskəʊp] NAmE [ˈmaɪkrəskoʊp] noun 
an instrument used in scientific study for making very small things look larger so that you can examine them carefully
•a microscope slide
•The bacteria were then examined under a/the microscope.
• (figurative)In the play, love and marriage are put under the microscope.
see also ↑electron microscope
Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin microscopium (from ↑micro- and -scope, from modern Latin -scopium, from Greek skopein ‘look at’).
Example Bank:
•a section of a potato as seen through a microscope
•bacteria examined under the microscope
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