gross anatomy
the structure of tissue and cells from living things, seen when they are studied under a microscope:
Subsequent treatment depends on the histology of the polyp.
The biopsy showed histology compatible with metastatic cancer.
a hospital department or laboratory(= a place with equipment for doing scientific tests) where tissue and cells are studied to see what medical conditions exist:
The polyps can be removed and sent to histology.
The results from histology seemed to confirm the diagnosis.
In histology, tissue samples are studied microscopically to establish the cause of illness.
These tumours represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, particularly if they have similar histology.
Samples from the biopsy go to the histology lab to be analysed.

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Examples of histology

histology
At the light microscope level no differences in testicular histology were observed in comparison with the controls.
It is the only listing which covers insect anatomy, behaviour, biology, ecology, histology, molecular biology, morphology, pest management, taxonomy and systematics.
We assumed that the same fractions applied to those where histology was not available.
The histology revealed a metastasis of the known breast cancer.
The histology revealed accumulation of fat in the cardiomyocytes and hepatocytes of the dead animals.
Ideally surgical diagnosis should be confirmed by histology but this may not always be the case.
The longer time to recurrence, coupled with change in histology and tumour location suggests that these events may be new primary cancers.
We endeavor particularly to find those which fit the histology and physiology of the actual structure.
Other animals were examined for retinal histology after behavioral measures were completed.
Histology reveals typical mushroom-like pseudomembranes, comprising fibrin, mucus, leucocytes and cellular debris.
For example, oat-cell lung cancer has a five-year survival rate of 4%, in comparison to other lung histologies, where the five-year survival is 13%.
During this period he occupied himself with investigations relating to histology, comparative anatomy, general zoology and biology, and teratology.
Histology showed the mass to be a benign immature teratoma.
Histology of the explanted grafts revealed mild changes consistent with vascular rejection-thrombus formation, fibrin plugging, edema and hemorrhage.
At 10 months of age he underwent open lung biopsy, the histology of which was consistent with aspiration.
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