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Ananthi ,2005,”A text book of medical instruments
A microscope is The microscope is a precision instrument with optical subsystems (lenses, filters, prisms, condensers); mechanical subsystems controlling the position of the sample in tridimensional space X, Y, Z; electrical (transformers and light source) and electronic subsystems (cameras, video) to produce highly magnified images of small specimens or objects especially when they are too small to be seen by the naked eye. The word microscope comes from the fusion of the Greek words micros which means small. Microscopy is the use of a microscope or investigation by a microscope
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