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.

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Other Word Forms

• histologically adverb

Etymology

Origin of histological

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

Example Sentences

In this study, Rogers and colleagues performed histological analysis, examining patterns of bone tissue growth in the fossilized leg bones of an array of animals in one of the earliest known Mesozoic ecosystems.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024

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

The histological method examines the microscopic structure of the various regions of the brain and the characters and arrangement of the nerve-cells composing it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various