Meanings
adjectivecopromicroscopic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to the microscopic examination of feces
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱókʷr̥
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱókʷ-ro-s
- Ancient Greekκόπρος (kópros)
- Englishcopro-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Latinmīcroscopium
- Italianmicroscopio
- Englishmicroscope
- Englishmicroscopic
- Englishcopromicroscopic
From copro- + microscopic.
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copromicroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copromicroscopic
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