histologist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of histologist
First recorded in 1855–60; histolog(y) + -ist
Example Sentences
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A histologist sections off pieces a tenth the thickness of a human hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2019
He shared it with the Italian histologist Camillo Golgi, who had devised a new method of staining tissue that singled out individual cells under the microscope instead of presenting tangled illegible masses.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
Even Santiago Ramón y Cajal—the Barcelona-based histologist who essentially invented modern neuroscience at the end of the 19th century—declared such neural renewal impossible.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 25, 2014
So also did the veteran histologist Kolliker, and soon afterwards all the leaders everywhere.
From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Henry Smith Williams
The histologist dabbled in embryology and was soon duplicating our course in the embryology of the chick.
From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Dean C. Worcester
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