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his·tol·o·gy

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–noun

1.	the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.

2.	the structure, esp. the microscopic structure, of organic tissues.

[Origin: 1840–50; histo- + -logy

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his·to·log·i·cal

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his·to·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

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his·tol·o·gy Audio Help (hĭ-stŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. his·tol·o·gies

The anatomical study of the microscopic structure of animal and plant tissues.
The microscopic structure of tissue.

his'to·log'i·cal (hĭs'tə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl), his'to·log'ic adj., his'to·log'i·cal·ly adv., his·tol'o·gist n.

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histology

"study of organic tissues," 1847, from Gk. histos "warp, web," lit. "that which causes to stand," from histasthai "to stand," from PIE *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Taken by 19c. medical writers as the best Gk. root from which to form terminology for "tissue."

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