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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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
At present, all samples tested in the new system for HPV and found to be negative go on for cytology screening.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2023
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 fusion of genetics and cytology came in the 1910s, when Thomas Hunt Morgan and his colleagues mapped the chromosomal locations of fruit-fly mutations.
From Nature • Apr. 15, 2019
It is to the wealth of correlated observations and to the philosophic breadth of the conclusions in this paper that the subsequent rapid progress in cytology is undoubtedly to be attributed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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