histological

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adjective

Pertaining to histology.

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histologic
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English histology →
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Meanings

adjectivehistological (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to histology.

    Laboratory manuals of paleopathology have long taken the form of atlases illustrating the skeletal changes wrought by various diseases. They have consistently included radiological images and histological slides alongside macroscopic images of diseased remains.

    2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 24

    Synonyms: histologic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePertaining to histology.

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histologic

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or relating to histology

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histologic
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histologic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishhistology
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishhistological

From histology + -ical.

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Translations

Catalan histològic
  • histològicpertaining to histology
Czech histologický
  • histologickýpertaining to histology
French histologique
  • histologiquepertaining to histology
German histologisch
  • histologischpertaining to histology
Greek ιστολογικός
  • ιστολογικός (istologikós)pertaining to histology
Italian istologico
  • istologicopertaining to histology
Norwegian Bokmål histologisk
  • histologiskpertaining to histology
Portuguese histológico
  • histológicopertaining to histology
Romanian histologic
  • histologicpertaining to histology
Spanish histológico
  • histológicopertaining to histology

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with histological

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APA

histological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/histological

MLA

“histological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/histological. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “histological,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/histological.

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