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CYTOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cytology" is a kind of...):
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
microscopic anatomy (the study of microscopic structures of tissues and organs)
Domain member category:
stainability ((cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes)
fix (kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cytology"):
cytogenetics (the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes))
Derivation:
cytologic; cytological (of or relating to the science of cytology)
Context examples:
A cutaneous neoplasm composed of cells with basaloid cytology that does not exhibit significant follicular differentiation and is not locally invasive or metastatic.
(Benign Basal Cell Tumor of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Clonal proliferations arising from cutaneous hair follicles composed in part of cells with basaloid cytology.
(Basaloid Follicular Neoplasm of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A WHO grade III meningioma characterized by the presence of malignant morphologic features, including malignant cytology and a very high mitotic index (20 or more mitoses per ten high power fields).
(Anaplastic (Malignant) Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)
Autonomous new growth of well-differentiated mammary epithelium that has limited growth potential does not metastasize or invade surrounding structures and has normal cytology.
(Benign Neoplasms of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Clonal proliferations arising from cutaneous hair follicles composed in part of cells with basaloid cytology that resemble human cylindromas.
(Cylindroma Type of Basaloid Follicular Neoplasm of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A focal, non-invasive epithelial lesion composed of cells with atypical cytology and/or organization and risk of progressing to malignancy.
(Intraepithelial Neoplasia of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Endometrial hyperplasia is classified by its cytology and glandular tissue.
(Endometrial hyperplasia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Clonal proliferations arising from cutaneous hair follicles composed in part of cells with basaloid cytology that resemble human pilomatrixomas.
(Pilomatrixoma Type of Basaloid Follicular Neoplasm of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A squamous cell lung carcinoma detectable by sputum cytology only.
(Occult Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A melanoma composed of cells with rounded nuclear and cytoplasmic contours (epithelioid cytology) that lacks melanin pigment.
(Mouse Amelanotic Epithelioid Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
