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Enlarged or magnified; -- said of images or of photographic pictures, etc.

Of or relating to metoposcopy.

Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.

By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner.

Hating or disliking mankind.

Or or relating to post-mortem examinations.

region of the earth's surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America.

Of or pertaining to orthoëpy, or correct pronunciation. -- Or`tho*ëp"ic*al*ly, adv.

Discernible. [Obs.] Herbert.

Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.

The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment. Sir T. Browne.

Perspicacity. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. -- Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to phonotypy; as, a phonotypic alphabet.

Satrapal. [R.]

Of or pertaining to a spectroscope, or spectroscopy. -- Spec`tro*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.

A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley.

Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes. Lee.

Of or pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or adapted to, the stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the stereoscopic function of the eyeglasses; stereoscopic views. -- Ste`re*o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made by means of a stethoscope. -- Steth`o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.