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the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues

the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues

That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; - called also histiology.

That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; - called also histiology.

Microscopical anatomy; the branch of anatomy which deals with the cells and the minute structure of the tissues and organs.

Treatise on tissue structures.

The doctrine of the organic tissues.

The science of the animal tissues; the description of the tissues which form an animal or plant.

Anatomy (general). The term is, also, more particularly appropriated to the minute anatomy of the tissues. See Anatomy. Pathological Histology, Microscopic pathological Anatomy, is the morbid anatomy of the tissues.

The science of the minute structure and composition of tissues

Syn.: histologic anatomy, microscopic anatomy. The science of the tissues and anatomical or structural elements which form organized beings, together with the origin, development, and growth of the elements and tissues. Also the microscopic study of tissues, their structure, cells, and component elements and units. [Lat. Gr.]

n. [Greek] The science which treats of the minute structure of the tissues of plants, animals, &c.