Medical Dictionary
phase–contrast microscope
noun
Medical Definition of PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE
: a microscope that translates differences in phase of the light transmitted through or reflected by the object into differences of intensity in the image—called also phase-difference microscope, phase microscope
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