operating microscope

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   binocular microscope used in surgery to provide a clear view of small and inaccessible parts of the body (as in microsurgery)

   Broaderbinocular microscope

Questions about operating microscope

What does operating microscope mean?

operating microscope means "binocular microscope used in surgery to provide a clear view of small and inaccessible parts of the body (as in microsurgery)".

Is operating microscope a common word?

operating microscope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.