his·to·pa·thol·o·gy (h s t -p -th l -j , -p -)n. The science concerned with the cytologic and histologic structure of abnormal or diseased tissue. |
Histopathology
The study of diseased tissues at a minute (microscopic) level.
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histopathology
[his′tōpəthol′əjē]
Etymology: Gk, histos, tissue, pathos, disease, logos, science
the study of diseases involving the tissue cells.
histology [his-tol´o-je]
that department of anatomy dealing with the minute structure, composition, and function of tissues. adj., adj histolog´ic, histolog´ical.
pathologic histology the science of diseased tissues.
histopathology (hisˈ·tō·p
·thäˑ·l·jē),n the study of diseased tissue, with a focus on changes that are anatomically microscopic.
histopathology (his´tōp
thol´jē),n the microscopic study of abnormal tissue and organs at the cellular level.
histopathology
pathological histology.
histopathology
Anatomic pathology, tissue pathology The field that studies diseased tissue by microscopic examination of tissues
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