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ultrastructure
This term is used exclusively within high-level scientific and medical discourse, specifically in histology and cell biology. It refers to the architecture of a cell or tissue at a scale that exceeds the resolution of light microscopy, necessitating the use of electron microscopy to visualize organelles and molecular complexes.
Because it describes a specific level of biological organization, it is typically treated as an uncountable noun when referring to the general concept of microscopic architecture. However, it can be used as a countable noun when referring to the specific structural arrangements of different specimens or distinct types of cellular organization.
Meanings
Examples
The electron microscope revealed the complex ultrastructure of the mitochondria.
The electron microscope revealed the complex ultrastructure of the mitochondria.
We need to examine the cellular ultrastructure to identify the mutation.
Look at this micrograph to see the ultrastructure of the cell membrane.
The study focuses on the ultrastructure of synaptic vesicles in the brain.
Does the ultrastructure change after the protein is denatured?
The researchers documented an unusual ultrastructure in the viral capsid.
I wonder if the ultrastructure of these organelles differs between species.
The paper describes the ultrastructure of the chloroplast thylakoids.
The paper describes the ultrastructure of the chloroplast thylakoids.