Definition of "histology" []

• The anatomical study of the microscopic structure of animal and plant tissues. (noun)
• The microscopic structure of tissue. (noun)

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• "He lectured in histology and anatomy and eventually came to be a Professor of Anatomy but died in 1898 from kidney tumours."
• "The name histology (see definitions at beginning of this article) was introduced by K. Meyer in 1819, whilst"
• "The co-primary long term histology endpoints were the proportion of patients with histologic improvement (defined as greater than or equal to a two-point decrease in Knodell necroinflammatory score and no worsening of Knodell fibrosis score) and the proportion of patients with improvement in Ishak fibrosis score (greater than or equal to a one-point decrease), both compared to baseline."