light microscopy

Introduction

Visualization under a microscope with amplification to 400 fold. Appropriately stained objects 1-2 uM in size is close to the limit of visualization.

More general terms

• microscopy

More specific terms

• charcoal in urine sediment
• confocal microscopy
• dark field examination
• epiluminescence microscopy
• fibrin strands in blood
• fungus, filamentous in specimen
• light microscopy for infectious agent
• light microscopy hair