histology

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/hɪsˈtɒləd͡ʒi/

noun

The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.

“Holonym: cytohistology”

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Meanings

nounhistology (countable and uncountable, plural histologies)

plural histologies · alternative histiology

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.

    Holonym: cytohistology

    1. countableuncountableoften in medicinebiologyHistopathology.

      Holonyms: cytohistology, cytohistopathology

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
microanatomy

Origin

From histo- + -logy.

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Translations

Bulgarian хистология
  • хистология (histologija)study of microscopic structure
Catalan histologia
  • histologiastudy of microscopic structure
Chinese Mandarin 組織學 /组织学
  • 組織學 /组织学 (zǔzhīxué)study of microscopic structure
Czech histologie
  • histologiestudy of microscopic structure
Danish histologi
  • histologistudy of microscopic structure
Dutch weefselleer
  • weefselleerstudy of microscopic structure
Esperanto histologio
  • histologiostudy of microscopic structure
Estonian histoloogia, koeõpetus
  • histoloogiastudy of microscopic structure
  • koeõpetusstudy of microscopic structure
Finnish histologia
  • histologiastudy of microscopic structure
French histologie
  • histologiestudy of microscopic structure
German Gewebelehre
  • Gewebelehrestudy of microscopic structure
Hindi ऊतक विज्ञान
  • ऊतक विज्ञान (ūtak vijñān)study of microscopic structure
Hungarian szövettan, hisztológia
  • szövettanstudy of microscopic structure
  • hisztológiastudy of microscopic structure
Irish histeolaíocht
  • histeolaíochtstudy of microscopic structure
Italian istologia
  • istologiastudy of microscopic structure
Japanese 組織学
  • 組織学 (sosikigaku)study of microscopic structure
Malay histologi
  • histologistudy of microscopic structure
Norwegian Bokmål histologi
  • histologistudy of microscopic structure
Polish histologia
  • histologiastudy of microscopic structure
Portuguese histologia
  • histologiastudy of microscopic structure
Romanian histologie
  • histologiestudy of microscopic structure
Russian гистоло́гия
  • гистоло́гия (gistológija)study of microscopic structure
Slovak histológia
  • histológiastudy of microscopic structure
Spanish histología
  • histologíastudy of microscopic structure
Swedish histologi
  • histologistudy of microscopic structure
Tagalog palasihayanan
  • palasihayananstudy of microscopic structure
Ukrainian гістоло́гія
  • гістоло́гія (histolóhija)study of microscopic structure
Vietnamese mô học
  • mô họcstudy of microscopic structure
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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