histology (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *histology*:
NOUN	cognition	histology	the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues

histology > pronunciation
Sounds	hhihstaa'lahjhiy
Rhymes	Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy...

English > *histology*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues.
Category of	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
Category of	staining	(histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study
Broader	microscopic anatomy	The study of microscopic structures of tissues and organs
Spanish	histología
Catalan	histologia
Adjectives	histological, histologic	of or relating to histology
Nouns	histologist	anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues

HyperDic: histology