Meanings
adjectiveotomicroscopic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to otomicroscopy
- not comparableBy means of an otomicroscope
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Ancient Greekοὖς (oûs)
- Ancient Greekὠτ- (ōt-)
- Englishot-
- Englishoto-
- 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
- Englishotomicroscopic
From oto- + microscopic.
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APA
otomicroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otomicroscopic
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“otomicroscopic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otomicroscopic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “otomicroscopic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otomicroscopic.
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