micrurgyn.
/ˈmʌɪkrəːdʒi/, U.S. /ˈmaɪˌkrərdʒi/ Science.
= micromanipulation n.
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1926 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 13 (front matter) (advt.) Dr. Chambers' Micro-manipulator. An apparatus for microtechnique or micrurgy.
1927 Protoplasma 2 189 (heading) The structural organization of plant protoplasm in the light of micrurgy.
1935 Industr. & Engin. Chem. (Analyt. ed.) 7 218/1 The word ‘micrurgy’ was coined by Petérfi..to describe biological microdissection and later expanded by Titus and Gray..to include dissection and examination under the microscope of non~biological material. Since the term, by its pure Greek derivation, means ‘operations on a small scale or work with minute quantities’, it can logically be used as a general term to include microchemistry, microanalysis, and chemical microscopy... It is here so used, and is suggested for general adoption.
1960 New Scientist 20 Oct. 1049/1 With the new technique of micrurgy the gap between the living cell and the micrologist had been bridged.
1976 Jrnl. Cellular Physiol. 89 337 A strain of large, free-living amoeba that became dependent on bacterial endosymbionts..was studied by micrurgy and electron microscopy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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