microscopic
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Scabies is caused by microscopic mites burrowing under the skin and it spreads through close skin contact.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Acting somewhat like a microscopic tuning fork, the resonator can vibrate for two milliseconds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Surrounding it are eight microscopic channels that can transport liquids.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Runners up in the competition included videos of a roundworm encountering a single-celled organism and microscopic jellyfish larvae suspended in droplets of water.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Everything was waving in the current, feeding on microscopic plankton, growing bigger by the minute.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Cell Biology - Middle School
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