"histology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɪsˈtɒləd͡ʒi/ Audio: En-us-histology.oga [US] Forms: histologies [plural]
Etymology: histo- + -logy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|histo|logy}} histo- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} histology (countable and uncountable, plural histologies)
  1. (biology) The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals. Wikipedia link: histology Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Synonyms: histiology [dated] Derived forms: anatomical histology, microhistology, normal histology, pathological histology, physiological histology Translations (study of microscopic structure): հյուսվածքաբանություն (hyusvackʻabanutʻyun) (Armenian), histoloxía [feminine] (Asturian), гистология (gistologiya) (Bashkir), гістало́гія (histalóhija) [feminine] (Belarusian), хистология (histologija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), histologia [feminine] (Catalan), 組織學 (Chinese Mandarin), 组织学 (zǔzhīxué) (Chinese Mandarin), histologie [feminine] (Czech), histologi [common-gender] (Danish), weefselleer [feminine] (Dutch), histologio (Esperanto), histoloogia (Estonian), koeõpetus (Estonian), histologia (Finnish), histologie [feminine] (French), histoloxía [feminine] (Galician), Gewebelehre [feminine] (German), ऊतक विज्ञान (ūtak vijñān) [masculine] (Hindi), szövettan (Hungarian), hisztológia (Hungarian), histeolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), istologia [feminine] (Italian), гистология (gistologiä) (Kazakh), ជាលិកាវិទ្យា (jea li ka vi tyea) (Khmer), гистология (gistologiya) (Kyrgyz), histologi (Malay), histologi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), histologi [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), histologia [feminine] (Polish), histologia [feminine] (Portuguese), histologie [feminine] (Romanian), гистоло́гия (gistológija) [feminine] (Russian), histológia [feminine] (Slovak), histología [feminine] (Spanish), histologi [common-gender] (Swedish), palasihayanan (Tagalog), гістоло́гія (histolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mô học (Vietnamese), histunav (Volapük)

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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "study of microscopic structure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "histologia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "study of microscopic structure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "histologie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gistológija",
      "sense": "study of microscopic structure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гистоло́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "study of microscopic structure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "histológia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "study of microscopic structure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "histología"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "study of microscopic structure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "histologi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "study of microscopic structure",
      "word": "palasihayanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "histolóhija",
      "sense": "study of microscopic structure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гістоло́гія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "study of microscopic structure",
      "word": "mô học"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "study of microscopic structure",
      "word": "histunav"
    }
  ],
  "word": "histology"
}

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