photomicrographn.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf/, /ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ɡraf/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˈmaɪkrəˌɡræf/, /ˌfoʊdoʊˈmaɪkroʊˌɡræf/ A photograph of an image produced by a microscope; = microphotograph n. 2.
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microphotograph1857
photomicrograph1858
microphoto1893
photomicrogram1894
microphotogram1898
macrophotograph1900
photomacrograph1946
1858 G. Shadbolt in Sutton's Photogr. Notes III. 208 The word microphotograph originated, I believe, with myself, and is applied, I think correctly, to very small photographs, not to photographs of small objects, which would more correctly be photomicrographs.
1866 J. J. Woodward Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 92 190 The paper..is illustrated by photomicrographs reproduced by photolithography.
1893 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Aug. 487 Illustrated by..photomicrographs of affected nerves.
1931 C. E. Munroe & J. E. Tiffany Physical Testing Explosives 36 A photomicrograph of the absorbent or dope after treatment by a suitable solvent to remove the liquid components is made and attached to each report.
1955 Sci. Amer. Mar. 26/3 The photomicrograph on the cover shows a single crystal of cadmium iodide growing in a water solution.
1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xv. 858 (caption) Photomicrograph of an isolated nucleus from a frog egg.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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