histology
/hɪsˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
histology noun: the study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.
Noun
histology (countable and uncountable, plural histologies)
- The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.
- Holonym: cytohistology
- Histopathology.
- Holonyms: cytohistology, cytohistopathology
histology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
histology in Hindi
- study of microscopic structure
- ऊतक विज्ञान ūtak vijñān
histology in Tamil
- திசுவியல், தசை பற்றிய ஆய்வியல், தசை நுண்ணமைப்பியல், தசைமவியல், இழையவியல், கலனமைப்பியல்
histology in Urdu
- باف شناسی, نسیجیات
histology in Kannada
- ಊತಕಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
More languagesFewer languages
- histology in Tagalog
- palasihayanan
- histology in Malay
- histologi
- histology in Vietnamese
- mô học
Examples of histology in a sentence
- Janus green B is a dye used widely in histology to stain cells for microscopic examination.
- Histology of the pleura showed uniform and bipolar spindle cells with moderate mitosis in a collagenised stroma.
- The patient underwent limited right hemicolectomy, and histology confirmed ileocecal lipohyperplasia.
Forms of histology
| plural | histologies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | histiology |
Origin of histology
From histo- + -logy.
Words formed from histology
- anatomical histology
- cytohistology
- hepatohistology
- histologic
- histological
- histologist
- immunohistology
- microhistology
- morphohistology
- neurohistology
- normal histology
- osteohistology
- palaeohistology
- paleohistology
- pathohistology
- pathological histology
- physiological histology
- stereohistology
Questions about histology
- What does histology mean?
- Histology means the study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.
- What is histology in Hindi?
- Histology in Hindi is ऊतक विज्ञान (ūtak vijñān). See Histology meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is histology?
- Histology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce histology?
- Histology is pronounced /hɪsˈtɒləd͡ʒi/.
- What is the plural of histology?
- The plural of histology is histologies.
Words near histology in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: histology (page history and authors); histology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); histology (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); histology (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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