macroscopically

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adverb

In a macroscopic manner or context.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English macroscopic →
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Meanings

adverbmacroscopically (comparative more macroscopically, superlative most macroscopically)

comparative more macroscopically · superlative most macroscopically

  1. In a macroscopic manner or context.

    Studies have repeatedly shown that many lesions that are readily apparent macroscopically are invisible radiographically[…].

    2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 20

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  10. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  11. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  12. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  13. Englishmacroscopic
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  17. Proto-Germanic*līką
  18. Englishmacroscopically

From macroscopic + -ally.

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APA

macroscopically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macroscopically

MLA

“macroscopically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macroscopically. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “macroscopically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macroscopically.

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