MACROSCOPIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does macroscopic mean? 

• MACROSCOPIC (adjective)
  The adjective MACROSCOPIC has 2 senses:

1. visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye

2. large enough to be visible with the naked eye

  Familiarity information: MACROSCOPIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACROSCOPIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye

Synonyms:

macroscopic; macroscopical

Similar:

seeable; visible (capable of being seen; or open to easy view)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large enough to be visible with the naked eye

Synonyms:

macroscopic; macroscopical

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

 Context examples 

A unique macroscopic (gross) anatomic structure that performs specific functions.

(Organ, NCI Thesaurus)

An assessment of macroscopic pathological findings that are caused by disease.

(Gross Pathological Examination, NCI Thesaurus)

An assessment of macroscopic pathological findings.

(Gross Pathological Examination, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Pathologist is a doctor specialized in medical diagnosis based on the macroscopic and microscopic study of structural changes of tissues and organs caused by the disease.

(Pathologist, NCI Thesaurus)

The terminology that includes concepts relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard for the Exchange of Non-clinical Data (SEND) macroscopic findings test names.

(CDISC SEND Macroscopic Findings Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Ovarian cancer involving one or both ovaries with microscopic or macroscopic peritoneal metastasis beyond the pelvis.

(Ovarian Cancer pT3 TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

The movement (macroscopic or microscopic) of an existing lead within the heart or vascular tree away from the original implantation site.

(Cardiac Lead Dislodgement Requiring Reposition/Reoperation, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The terminology that includes concepts relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard for the Exchange of Non-clinical Data (SEND) macroscopic findings test short names.

(CDISC SEND Macroscopic Findings Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

This type of thymoma usually occurs in myasthenia gravis patients without any macroscopic (gross) evidence of tumor. — 2005

(Microscopic Thymoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Macroscopic inspection commonly used to describe physical objects that are measurable and observable by the naked eye.

(Device Image Inspection Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)