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  • noun The detailed structure of a biological specimen, such as a cell, tissue, or organ, that can be observed only by electron microscopy.

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  • noun biology The fine, detailed structure of a biological specimen that can only be observed by electron microscopy

Etymologies

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ultra- +‎ structure

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Examples

  • He has published widely on the ultrastructure and molecular evolution of algae and advised scores of graduate students during his distinguished scientific career.

    Contributor: Russell Chapman 2010

  • Garcia-Segura, LM, et al. Gonadal hormone regulation of fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity and glial ultrastructure in the rat neuroendocrine hypothalamus.

    T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010

  • Cypris ultrastructure, metamorphosis and sex in seven families of parasitic barnacles Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Cypris ultrastructure, metamorphosis and sex in seven families of parasitic barnacles Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Cypris ultrastructure, metamorphosis and sex in seven families of parasitic barnacles Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • In addition to her expertise in the molecular structure of DNA, Rosalind Franklin was an expert in two other areas: the effects of heat on the microstructure of coal which included the changes that occurred during the conversion of some coals to graphite; and the quantitative analysis of the ultrastructure of the experimentally important RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) virus and TMV (Tobacco Mosaic Virus).

    Rosalind Elsie Franklin. 2009

  • Cyanogenesis, ultrastructure and seed germination.

    Chapter 11 1987

  • Describes the infection process in the root system and the ultrastructure of the hostendophyte relationship.

    Chapter 13 1984

  • The purpose of our study was to investigate the effects of these freezing procedures on viability, ultrastructure and developmental capacity of isolated rat follicles.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Weijie Xing 2010

  • Routine and immunohistochemical stains and ultrastructure examination revealed the vegetation was predominantly composed of histocytes with scattered mesothelial cells.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Zhong-Liang Hu 2010

  • We can commit to developing the technologies and building out new infrastructural systems that are flexible and sustainable, but we have the same urgency and unparalleled opportunity to transform our ultrastructure, the social systems that surround and shape them.

    Care at Scale 2021

  • A crisis in physical infrastructure is a symptom of crises in the ultrastructure – the cultural, political, regulatory systems that we wish we could take for granted.

    Metafoundry 35: Dilution of Precision 2023

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  • "Charlie Loyd and I coined the term ultrastructure, for the cultural, political and regulatory systems around infrastructure, and I wrote these three narratives to think about what my commute would look like with a different ultrastructure, rather than the current default of ceding self-driving cars to private companies and the road to individual vehicles."

    July 13, 2015