macro

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They knew that shortly after infecting a cat, asexual Toxoplasma starts making presexual cells known as merozoites, which in turn go on to form macro- and microgametes—the parasite version of egg and sperm cells.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 30, 2023

Hudson’s lens is both local and global, and she says audiences often describe her work as both macro- and microscopic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

The focus wasn't on whole, complex foods, but on the key macro- and micronutrients they contain.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2023

There’s so much stimuli, there’s so many aggressions, micro- and macro-.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2019

Nothing about the micro- or macro- economic theory.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes