位い相そう差さ顕けん微び鏡きょう

noun

phase-contrast microscope

A type of optical microscope that converts phase shifts in light passing through a transparent specimen to brightness changes, used especially in biology for observing living cells without staining.

• 位い相そう差さ顕けん微び鏡きょうを使つかうと、生いきた細さい胞ぼうを染せん色しょくせずに観かん察さつできる。

  Using a phase-contrast microscope, you can observe living cells without staining them.