What's the difference between macroscopic and microscopic?

Macroscopic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Macroscopical

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The results of our microscopic model confirm that the continuum hypothesis used in our previous macroscopic model is reasonable.
  • (2) Macroscopic lesions included mild congestion of the gastric mucosa and focal consolidation of the lung.
  • (3) Many problems at the macroscopic level require clarification of how an animal uses a compartment of suite of muscles and whether morphological differences reflect functional ones.
  • (4) The clinical aspects, the modality of onset and diffusion of the lymphoma, its macroscopic and histopathological features and the different therapeutic approaches are discussed.
  • (5) Twenty-seven human septums were removed at post mortem, examined macroscopically, sectioned coronally and examined microscopically.
  • (6) Four of the tumours, 2 adenomas and 2 intramucosal carcinomas, having a remarkable macroscopic appearance like a large mucosal fold are especially mentioned.
  • (7) Macroscopic fluctuations of liver alcohol dehydrogenase enzymic activity in complex reaction consisting in ethanol oxidation and butyraldehyde reduction were studied.
  • (8) The radiological and macroscopic features were identical with osteoid osteoma.
  • (9) Special techniques such as serial macroscopic sectioning (SMS) or immunohistochemical staining (IH) improve the detection rate of micrometastases but this detection is of value only if it improves the prediction of recurrence and survival.
  • (10) The cultivation of embryos in shell-less culture did not affect the normal macroscopic or histological appearance of the membrane, or the rate of proliferation of its constituent cells, as assessed by tritiated thymidine incorporation.
  • (11) Frequency of macroscopic cysts in sheep increased from 0 in April to 14.5% in September.
  • (12) Macroscopic and microscopic pulmonary changes were predominantly those of oedema and emphysema.
  • (13) The stroma has a propensity to accumulate fluid and to create macroscopic cystic spaces.
  • (14) Calcium channels, which play a primary role in the control of the calcium influx into cardiac cells, were initially studied by recording macroscopic currents in multicellular preparations.
  • (15) The histological examination of the biopsies taken during colonoscopy differentiated less clearly between these two entities than the macroscopic judgement by the endoscopist.
  • (16) All but 1 of 100 cases macroscopically identified as nephritis and studied histologically proved to be of interstitial type in which lymphocytic infiltration predominated.
  • (17) Each calf was given a score based on macroscopic and microscopic lesions.
  • (18) Neoadjuvant (cytoreductive) chemotherapy combined with early secondary surgical debulking is feasible, with little severe morbidity, and can leave a high proportion of patients free of macroscopic disease.
  • (19) A total of 855 pig lungs were collected at slaughter and evaluated macroscopically.
  • (20) There was difficulty in the macroscopic assessement of the lesions, and this made necessary resection of over 2 m of ileon.

Microscopic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Microscopical

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The results of our microscopic model confirm that the continuum hypothesis used in our previous macroscopic model is reasonable.
  • (2) Light microscopic studies of pancreata from mice sacrificed at this time demonstrated insulitis and beta cell necrosis.
  • (3) Using serial section electron microscopic reconstructions as a reference, we have chosen as our standard procedure a method that maximizes both the preservation of the cytoskeleton and the proportion of cells staining, while minimizing the degree of nonspecific staining.
  • (4) It is concluded that the present method for demonstration of aryl sulphatase activity is not well suited for microscopical identification of lysosomes in rat liver parenchymal cells.
  • (5) Histological and electron-microscopic study of the lungs of 15 patients who had been treated with bleomycin for advanced squamous cell carcinoma demonstrated marked histological changes in nine.
  • (6) This light microscopic comparison of viable FDA- and nonviable PI-stained cysts of G. muris demonstrates that 2 types of cysts can be distinguished and implies that structural differences can be used to identify these subpopulations of cysts.
  • (7) Electron microscopic immunohistochemistry revealed histamine-immunostaining in granules in a small number of nerve fibers and varicosities.
  • (8) For routine use, 50 mul of 12% BTV SRBC, 0.1 ml of a spleen cell suspension, and 0.5 ml of 0.5% agarose in a balanced salt solution were mixed and plated on a microscope slide precoated with 0.1% aqueous agarose.
  • (9) Electron microscopic observations of the masseter nerve in the aged cats revealed a disruption of the myelin sheaths and a pronounced increase in collagen fibers in the endoneurium and perineurium.
  • (10) Widely varying numbers of endocrine cells were identified in 12 out of 64 cases of uterine cancer in the course of histochemical and electron microscopic examination.
  • (11) Significantly better survival was found in patients with T2 tumors in comparison with patients with T3 and T4 tumors, in patients with infrastructural localization in comparison with patients with suprastructural localization and in patients with microscopic residual tumor in comparison with MRT patients.
  • (12) At the light-microscopic level, adrenergic fibres were identified due to their formaldehyde-induced fluorescence.
  • (13) It has a poor prognosis prior to the current combined treatment of surgical ablation, radiation to the surgical field, and chemotherapy for microscopic metastases.
  • (14) Histochemical and electron microscopic examinations confirmed that this biochemical lesion was associated with abnormal intracellular accumulation of unesterified cholesterol in mutant lymphocytes.
  • (15) Suspensions of isolated insect flight muscle thick filaments were embedded in layers of vitreous ice and visualized in the electron microscope under liquid nitrogen conditions.
  • (16) Pure bile gave 32 correct diagnoses (67%) and 14 diagnoses of inadequate material (29%), which contained few nondegenerated cells and made microscopic diagnosis unreliable.
  • (17) Total excisional biopsy is necessary to properly assess an adenoma microscopically.
  • (18) Examination was by means of counter immunoelectrophoresis, radioimmunoassay and electron microscope with negative staining.
  • (19) Twenty-seven human septums were removed at post mortem, examined macroscopically, sectioned coronally and examined microscopically.
  • (20) A television camera scans the spread through microscope optics; computer and special purpose electronics process the video signals to generate run length histograms.