submicroscopic

[ suhb-mahy-kruh-skop-ik ]
/ ˌsʌb maɪ krəˈskɒp ɪk /

adjective

too small to be seen through a microscope.
Sometimes sub·mi·cro·scop·i·cal.

Origin of submicroscopic

sub- + microscopic

OTHER WORDS FROM submicroscopic

sub·mi·cro·scop·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby submicroscopic

submersed, submersible, submetacentric, submetallic, submicron, submicroscopic, submillimeter, subminiature, subminiature camera, subminiaturize, subminimum

Example sentences from the Web for submicroscopic

  • Very few, if any, higher life forms existed that did not have some sort of submicroscopic parasite afflicting them.

    Star Surgeon |Alan Nourse

  • In any case, a microscope would have done Brown little good in trying to detect the submicroscopic beings of the Rell.

    The Hitch Hikers |Vernon L. McCain

  • These colloid substances have a submicroscopic or micellian structure; they are web-like, porous and absorb water eagerly.

    The Natural History of Clay |Alfred B. Searle

British Dictionary definitions for submicroscopic

submicroscopic
/ (ˌsʌbmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk) /

adjective

too small to be seen through an optical microscope

Derived forms of submicroscopic

submicroscopically, adverb

Medical definitions for submicroscopic

submicroscopic
[ sŭb′mī-krə-skŏp′ĭk ]

adj.

Too small to be visible under the most powerful optical microscope.