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microscopist

DEFINITIONS OF: microscopist

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n a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes

Examples:
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
Jan Swammerdam
Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680)
Type of:
scientist
a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
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