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histological

American  
[his-tl-oj-i-kuhl] / ˌhɪs tlˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl /
Also histologic

adjective

  1. Biology. of or relating to organic tissues or their structure.

    The diagnosis is based on clinical, histological, and radiological evaluation.


Other Word Forms

  • histologically adverb

Etymology

Origin of histological

histolog(y) ( def. ) + -ical ( def. )

Example Sentences

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This research offers the first histological data from the Iron Age community of Pontecagnano.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

The companies said new data showed that Dupixent showed a significant histological remission of eosinophilic esophagitis in children 1 to 11 years old.

From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022

The lacunae are randomly scattered throughout the tissue and the matrix takes on a milky or scrubbed appearance with routine histological stains.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In its rebuttal of the claims, Neuralink acknowledged that two animals were put to death "at planned end dates to gather important histological data".

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2022

There are, however, anatomical and histological differences to be seen at any rate at the extremes between the undoubted nephridia of Goodrich, Meyer and Lankester, and the coelomoducts of the same authors.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various