histopathology

  • 1histopathology — [his΄tō pə thäl′ə jē] n. [ HISTO + PATHOLOGY] the study of the microscopic changes in tissues caused by disease …

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  • 2Histopathology — Micrograph showing contraction band necrosis, a histopathologic finding of myocardial infarction (heart attack). Histopathology (compound of three Greek words: ἱστός histos tissue , πάθος pathos disease suffering , and λογία logi …

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  • 3histopathology — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1896 1. a branch of pathology concerned with the tissue changes characteristic of disease 2. the tissue changes that affect a part or accompany a disease • histopathologic or… …

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  • 4histopathology — n. [Gr. histos, tissue; pathos, suffering; logos, discourse] The study of abnormal microscopic changes in the tissue structure of an organism …

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  • 5histopathology — histopathologic /his teuh path euh loj ik/, histopathological, adj. histopathologist, n. /his toh peuh thol euh jee/, n. the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology. [1895 1900; HISTO …

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  • 6histopathology — noun The microscopic study of tissue, especially of abnormal tissue as a result of disease …

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  • 7histopathology — The science or study dealing with the cytologic and histologic structure of abnormal or diseased tissue. SYN: pathologic histology. * * * his·to·pa·thol·o·gy .his tō pə thäl ə jē, pa n, pl gies 1) a branch of patholog …

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  • 8histopathology — study of changes in tissue due to disease Sciences and Studies …

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  • 9histopathology — n. study of the structure of diseased tissues …

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  • 10histopathology — noun the branch of medicine concerned with the changes in tissues caused by disease. Derivatives histopathological adjective histopathologist noun …

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