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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If HPV is detected a cytology test is used to check for any abnormal cells.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023
Cancer Research UK said that as HPV primary testing is more accurate and sensitive than cytology, it would encourage the transition to happen "as soon as possible".
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2022
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
The cytology of zygospore-formation is not known in detail; the so-called gametes which fuse are multinucleate and are no doubt of the nature of gametangia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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