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.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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)
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)
But intelligence does not depend on the whole body; its superior or inferior development is related to a certain corresponding complexity in the surface, volume, and histologic structure of the nervous centres.
From The Industries of Animals by Houssay, Frédéric
Are the histologic changes in the liver cells due to metabolism or toxic products, or are they "work" changes incident to the conversion of latent into kinetic energy?
From Origin and Nature of Emotions by Crile, George W. (Washington)
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