Histology

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Histology \His*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.]
     That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute
     (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; --
     called also {histiology}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  histology
       n : the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure
           of animal or plant tissues

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "histology":
     anatomist, anatomy, angiography, angiology, anthropotomy,
     geomorphology, histologist, morphologist, morphology, myography,
     myology, organography, organology, osteography, osteology,
     splanchnography, splanchnology, tectology, zootomy