| OPD | obstetric prediabetic; optical path difference; otopalatodigital [syndrome]; outpatient department; ... |
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| OPS | operations; optical position sensor; osteoporosis-pseudolipoma syndrome; outpatient service; outpati... |
| OpScan | optical scanning |
| ORD | optical rotatory dispersion; oral radiation death |
| OSA | obstructive sleep apnea; Office of Services to the Aging; Optical Society of America; ovarian sectio... |
| STEM | Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope |
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| SNOM | Scanning near-field optical microscopes |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscope |
| FM | fluorescence microscope |
| laser microscope | <instrument> A microscope in which a laser beam is focused on a microscopic field, causing it to vaporise; the emitted radiation is analyzed by means of a microspectrophotometer; at a low intensity the laser is employed as the light source in an interference microscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| light microscope | <instrument> The most common type of microscope (a device used to magnify small objects or substances) used in laboratories. The device works by passing visible light through a condenser and an objective lens. (09 Oct 1997) |