Definition of Ultrastructure

1. Noun. (biology) The fine, detailed structure of a biological specimen that can only be observed by electron microscopy ¹

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Definition of Ultrastructure

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Medical Definition of Ultrastructure

1. General term to describe the level of organisation that is below the level of resolution of the light microscope. In practice, a shorthand term for structure observed using the electron microscope, although other techniques could give information about structure in the sub micrometre range. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ultrastructure

ultrasound/ultrasonography
ultrasound cardiography
ultrasound examination
ultrasound guided biopsy
ultrasound imaging
ultrasound of the breast
ultrasounds
ultrasparsifiers
ultraspectral
ultrastable
ultrastrong
ultrastrongly
ultrastructural
ultrastructural anatomy
ultrastructurally
ultrastructure (current term)
ultrastructures
ultraswift
ultratelluric
ultratender
ultratherm
ultrathick
ultrathin
ultratight
ultratiny
ultratough
ultratraditional
ultratraditionalist
ultratraditionalists
ultratropical

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