microstructural en · ADJ
Etymology
From micro- + structural.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to a microstructure.
Osteoporosis produces no diagnostic gross lesions; radiological or microscopic study is essential to identify the loss of bone mass or microstructural integrity that characterize the condition[…].
2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 24: