Library / English Dictionary

HISTOLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("histology" is a kind of...):

microscopic anatomy (the study of microscopic structures of tissues and organs)

Domain member category:

staining ((histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study)

fixation; fixing ((histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body)

Derivation:

histologic; histological (of or relating to histology)

histologist (anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Disease objects specify a disease name and ID; disease objects also provide access to: ontological relations to other diseases; clinical trial protocols treating the disease; and specific histologies associated with instances of the disease.

(Disease Object, NCI Thesaurus)