microscopia

See also: microscopía and microscopiá

English

Noun

microscopia (uncountable)

1. A form of hallucination where objects appear smaller than they really are.

Interlingua

Noun

microscopia (uncountable)

1. microscopy

Related terms

• microscopic
• microscopio

Italian

Etymology

From micro- +‎ -scopia.

Noun

microscopia f (plural microscopie)

1. microscopy

Related terms

• microscopio

Anagrams

• scopriamoci

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.kɾos.koˈpi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.kɾos.koˈpi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mi.kɾoʃ.koˈpi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.kɾɔʃ.kuˈpi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: mi‧cros‧co‧pi‧a

Noun

microscopia f (uncountable)

1. (optics) microscopy (the use of microscopes)

Further reading

• “microscopia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “microscopia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mikɾosˈkopja/ [mi.kɾosˈko.pja]
• Rhymes: -opja
• Syllabification: mi‧cros‧co‧pia

Etymology 1

Noun

microscopia f (plural microscopias)

1. microscopy

Etymology 2

Verb

microscopia

1. inflection of microscopiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “microscopia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026