cytology
Americannoun
noun
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the study of plant and animal cells, including their structure, function, and formation
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the detailed structure of a tissue, as revealed by microscopic examination
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Researchers gently rub the parchment with a dry cytology brush, the same type of brush used for Pap smears.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
This newer HPV test is regarded as a better indicator than cytology of identifying who is a higher risk of developing cervical cancer.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024
Two years later, he received a master’s degree from Texas Tech in cytology, the study of cells.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
The contributions of cytology continued in the early twentieth century with the work of Walter Sutton.
From Nature ● Apr. 15, 2019
A. Phycomycetes.—Most of the recent work of importance in this group deals with the cytology of sexual reproduction and of spore-formation, and the effect of external conditions on the production of reproductive organs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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