mi‧cro‧scope /ˈmaɪkrəskəʊp $ -skoʊp/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Modern Latin;
Origin: microscopium, from micro- ( ⇒ micro-) + -scopium (from Greek -skopion 'instrument for seeing')]
1. a scientific instrument that makes extremely small things look larger
under/through a microscope
Abnormalities in the cells can be seen quite clearly under a microscope. Each sample was examined through a microscope.2. put something under the microscope to examine a situation very closely and carefully:
Our prison system is being put under the microscope after an alarming number of suicides. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲