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    HISTOLOGY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissuesplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("histology" is a kind of...):

    microscopic anatomy (the study of microscopic structures of tissues and organs)

    Domain member category:

    staining ((histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study)

    fixation; fixing ((histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body)

    Derivation:

    histologic; histological (of or relating to histology)

    histologist (anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues)

    Credits

     Context examples: 

    Disease objects specify a disease name and ID; disease objects also provide access to: ontological relations to other diseases; clinical trial protocols treating the disease; and specific histologies associated with instances of the disease.

    (Disease Object, NCI Thesaurus)


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