Histology
noun
The study of the microscopic structure (microanatomy) of tissues.
She decided to specialize in histology partway through med school.

Often appears as...
- histology lab
- histology report
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Formal
Academic
noun
The study of the microscopic structure (microanatomy) of tissues.
She decided to specialize in histology partway through med school.

Often appears as...
- histology lab
- histology report
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
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Medical Field
Histology is specific to the medical or biological fields and may not be familiar to those outside these areas.

I need to study histology to understand tissue diseases better.
Academic Use
Histology is an academic term used in medical schools and research, rarely in everyday conversation.

Her histology textbook was filled with complex diagrams.
Microscopic Focus
It specifically relates to what can be seen under a microscope, not with the naked eye.

The histology results showed the cellular structure clearly.
Compare with
morphologic
Video examples
Jørn Hurum: Sea Monster...
flipper morphology and also on histology of the bolts it's really cool to see inside the bones to see how they grow these animals as we know this is a cold watery environment we really like to see how reptiles survive as big marine mammal animals in in the cold water and of course we got some playa source they
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Molly Stevens: A new way...
and what happens is that that artificial in vivo bioreactor cavity can then lead to the proliferation of these stem cells, and they can form lots of new tissue, and then over time, you can harvest that tissue and use it elsewhere in the body. This is a histology slide
Video examples
T-Rex Growth Spurt PIPE How...
young so still a teenager you can tell that it's a juvenile not only based on the histology on the bone tissue that for which we have studies of it but also because there are many bones that would fused when the animal was a
Video examples
Shape-shifting dinosaurs...
Titan a natural titan giant duck so giant duck-billed dinosaur so here's another one so we look at the bone histology the bone histology tells us that edmontosaurus is a juvenile or at
Video examples
Jørn Hurum: Sea Monster...
flipper morphology and also on histology of the bolts it's really cool to see inside the bones to see how they grow these animals as we know this is a cold watery environment we really like to see how reptiles survive as big marine mammal animals in in the cold water and of course we got some playa source they
Video examples
Molly Stevens: A new way...
and what happens is that that artificial in vivo bioreactor cavity can then lead to the proliferation of these stem cells, and they can form lots of new tissue, and then over time, you can harvest that tissue and use it elsewhere in the body. This is a histology slide
Video examples
T-Rex Growth Spurt PIPE How...
young so still a teenager you can tell that it's a juvenile not only based on the histology on the bone tissue that for which we have studies of it but also because there are many bones that would fused when the animal was a
Video examples
Shape-shifting dinosaurs...
Titan a natural titan giant duck so giant duck-billed dinosaur so here's another one so we look at the bone histology the bone histology tells us that edmontosaurus is a juvenile or at
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