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HISTOLOGICALLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

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Meaning:

Involving the use of histology or histological techniques

Example:

histologically identifiable structures

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Adverbs

Pertainym:

histological (of or relating to histology)

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Histologically it resembles the papillary neoplasms of the biliary tree.

(Ampullary Noninvasive Papillary Neoplasm, Pancreatobiliary Type, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologically the tumors are highly cellular with nuclear and cellular pleomorphism, endothelial proliferation, mitotic figures, and, often, necrosis.

(Adult Spinal Cord Glioblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologically it is characterized by the presence of multiple cysts that are lined by one or more layers of mesothelial cells that do not show atypia.

(Peritoneal Multicystic Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

While the tumor may be histologically benign, it can produce great morbidity due to its location.

(Childhood Brain Stem Glioma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized histologically by clusters and cords of epithelioid, GFAP expressing tumor cells within a stroma with varying amounts of mucin, which typically contains a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate.

(Chordoid Glioma of the Third Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)

A WHO grade II, usually recurring meningioma characterized by the predominance of tissues that are histologically similar to chordoma.

(Chordoid Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Invasive embryonal neoplasm of the cerebellum showing neuronal differentiation histologically (Homer-Wright and/or Flexner-Wintersteiner rosette formation) by immunohistochemistry (synaptophysin, chromogranin, or NSE expression), or by electron microscopy (dense core vesicles and microtubules).

(Mouse Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Invasive embryonal neoplasm of the pineal gland showing neuronal differentiation histologically (Homer-Wright and/or Flexner-Wintersteiner rosette formation) by immunohistochemistry (synaptophysin, chromogranin, or NSE expression), or by electron microscopy (dense core vesicles and microtubules).

(Mouse Pineoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Histologically it is characterized by a biphasic pattern with compacted bipolar cells associated with Rosenthal fibers and multipolar cells associated with microcysts and eosinophilic bodies/hyaline droplets.

(Pilocytic Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

Group of chronic blistering diseases characterized histologically by acantholysis and blister formation within the epidermis.

(Pemphigus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)