histologic
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The different types of white blood cells are identified by their microscopic appearance after histologic staining, and each has a different specialized function.
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Here is a clear-cut observation on the action of adrenalin on the brain, for both the functional and the histologic tests showed that adrenalin causes increased brain action.
From Origin and Nature of Emotions by Crile, George W. (Washington)
The converse was also true, that is, the brain-cells of animals with normal vital power showed no histologic changes.
From Origin and Nature of Emotions by Crile, George W. (Washington)
It was removed by scissors, and on histologic examination proved to be a true tongue with the typical tissues and constituents.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
In no case was there more than a slight response of the centers governing circulation and respiration, and no morphologic change was noted in an histologic study of the brain-cells of the uninjured hemisphere.
From Origin and Nature of Emotions by Crile, George W. (Washington)
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