histology
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edithistology (countable and uncountable, plural histologies)
- (biology) The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.
- Hypernym: biology
- Holonym: cytohistology
- Coordinate term: cytology (cells without tissue context)
- (often in medicine) Histopathology.
- Hypernyms: biology, biomedicine, medicine, pathology
- Holonyms: cytohistology, cytohistopathology
- Coordinate term: cytology (cells without tissue context)
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editstudy of microscopic structure
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