Histology

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  • noun. The anatomical study of the microscopic structure of animal and plant tissues.
  • noun. The microscopic structure of tissue.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That branch of anatomy which is concerned with the structure, especially the microscopic structure, of the various tissues of the body; histomorphology.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. 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."
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