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Histology

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The anatomical study of the microscopic structure of animal and plant tissues.

n. The microscopic structure of tissue.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. That branch of anatomy which is concerned with the structure, especially the microscopic structure, of the various tissues of the body; histomorphology.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues

Word Usage

"He lectured in histology and anatomy and eventually came to be a Professor of Anatomy but died in 1898 from kidney tumours."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

microscopic anatomy

Cross Reference

pathological histology

Variant

histiology

Form

pathological histology anatomical histology physiological histology normal histology

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Egyptology Scientology anesthesiology anthology anthropology

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

microbiology hematology parasitology pharmacology teratology