cytology

cy·tol·o·gy
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UK/saɪˈtɒləd͡ʒi/US/saɪˈtɑləd͡ʒi/

noun

The study of cells.

“Holonym: cytohistology”

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

nouncytology (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe study of cells.

    Holonym: cytohistology

    1. uncountableoften in medicinebiologyCytopathology.

      Holonyms: cytohistology, cytohistopathology

Origin

Translations

Catalan citologia
  • citologiabiology: the study of cells
Chinese Mandarin 細胞學 /细胞学
  • 細胞學 /细胞学 (xìbāoxué)biology: the study of cells
Czech cytologie
  • cytologiebiology: the study of cells
Danish cytologi
  • cytologibiology: the study of cells
Dutch cytologie, celleer de
  • cytologiebiology: the study of cells
  • celleer debiology: the study of cells
Esperanto citologio
  • citologiobiology: the study of cells
Estonian rakubioloogia, tsütoloogia
  • rakubioloogiabiology: the study of cells
  • tsütoloogiabiology: the study of cells
  • rakuõpetusbiology: the study of cells
Finnish soluoppi, solubiologia
  • soluoppibiology: the study of cells
  • solubiologiabiology: the study of cells
  • sytologiabiology: the study of cells
French cytologie
  • cytologiebiology: the study of cells
German Zytologie, Zellbiologie
  • Zytologiebiology: the study of cells
  • Zellbiologiebiology: the study of cells
Greek κυτταρολογία
  • κυτταρολογία (kyttarología)biology: the study of cells
Hindi कोशिकाविज्ञान
  • कोशिकाविज्ञान (kośikāvijñān)biology: the study of cells
Hungarian sejtbiológia, sejttan
  • sejtbiológiabiology: the study of cells
  • sejttanbiology: the study of cells
  • citológiabiology: the study of cells
Icelandic frumufræði
  • frumufræðibiology: the study of cells
Indonesian sitologi
  • sitologibiology: the study of cells
Italian citologia
  • citologiabiology: the study of cells
Japanese 細胞学
  • 細胞学 (saibōgaku)biology: the study of cells
Korean 세포학
  • 세포학 (sepohak)biology: the study of cells
Malay kaji sel, sitologi
  • kaji selbiology: the study of cells
  • sitologibiology: the study of cells
Polish cytologia
  • cytologiabiology: the study of cells
Portuguese citologia
  • citologiabiology: the study of cells
Romanian citologie
  • citologiebiology: the study of cells
Russian цитоло́гия
  • цитоло́гия (citológija)biology: the study of cells
Spanish citología
  • citologíabiology: the study of cells
Swedish cytologi
  • cytologibiology: the study of cells
Tagalog palasihayan, sitolohiya
  • palasihayanbiology: the study of cells
  • sitolohiyabiology: the study of cells
Turkish hücre bilimi, sitoloji
  • hücre bilimibiology: the study of cells
  • sitolojibiology: the study of cells
  • göze bilimibiology: the study of cells
Vietnamese tế bào học, sinh học tế bào
  • tế bào họcbiology: the study of cells
  • sinh học tế bàobiology: the study of cells

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Cite this entry
APA

cytology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytology

MLA

“cytology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cytology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytology.

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