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MICROSCOPIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("microscopist" is a kind of...):
scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)
Instance hyponyms:
Anton van Leeuwenhoek; Anton van Leuwenhoek; Leeuwenhoek; Leuwenhoek (Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723))
Jan Swammerdam; Swammerdam (Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680))
Derivation:
microscopy (research with the use of microscopes)
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