Definition of "histochemistry" []

• The branch of science that deals with the chemical composition of the cells and tissues of the body. (noun)

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• "Biopsy specimens including histochemistry and immunofluorescence of tissues"
• "This finding is credited as the first example of enzyme histochemistry."
• "You should see what they can do with mixed disciplines -- scholia like histochemistry, immunodynamics, biophysics, terataxonomy, osmotic genetics, electrolimnology, and half a hundred more."