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The branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues
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histology
Word definitions for histology in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Histology \His*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.] That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"study of organic tissues," 1847, from histo- + -ology .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Histology is the study of the microscopic anatomy ( microanatomy ) of cells and tissues of plants and animals . It is commonly performed by examining cells and tissues under a light microscope or electron microscope , the specimen having been sectioned ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues
Usage examples of histology.
One of the most interesting problems is to find the ganglionic origin of the great nerves of the medulla oblongata, and this is the end to which, by the aid of the most delicate sections, colored so as to bring out their details, mounted so as to be imperishable, magnified by the best instruments, and now self-recorded in the light of the truth-telling sunbeam, our fellow-student is making a steady progress in a labor which I think bids fair to rank with the most valuable contributions to histology that we have had from this side of the Atlantic.
Reading on in the article, Marissa noted that the diagnosis had been made by the histology of fallopian tube biopsy alone since no organisms had been seen or cultured.
Holger Hyden, professor of Histology at Goteborg, revealed that Tricayandamino-propene, a substance made by manipulating the molecular structure of a series of chemicals, can change brain's nerve cells and cells of membrane that sheath the cells.