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histologically

histologically

1 9.8
To look at small parts of the body under a microscope to check their structure
  • adverb
  • /ˌhɪstəˈlɑdʒɪkli/
  • Specialized
: histológicamente
  • Hemangiomas are classified histologically according to the predominant type of vascular channel as capillary, cavernous, or mixed.
  • Histologically, the tumor
  • Histologically, the lesion
  • histologically proven appendicitis

Examples

  • All 47 coeliac patients were on a gluten-free diet, and diagnoses were firmly established histologically.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Testes from one specimen were examined histologically, and clasper length was measured on all males.

    Academic text (1994)
  • All tumors that occur after a normal pregnancy are histologically choriocarcinomas.

    Academic text (1992)
  • All 18 patients were later diagnosed to have histologically proved acute appendicitis (Table 2).

    Academic text (2007)
  • The Alvarado score was 6 in 113 patients, but 18 had histologically proved appendicitis.

    Academic text (2007)
  • No cancer was found in the parotidectomy specimen itself, and histologically, the original lesion was predominantly microcystic in structure.

    Academic text (2005)
  • 118 patients had an Alvarado score of 7, and 104 were histologically diagnosed with appendicitis.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Histologically, seven tumors were of the microcystic type, two were papillary cystic, and two were solid.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Histologically, SNUC shows small to medium-sized cells with large ovoid nuclei and a high nucleus-to-cytoplasm ratio.

    Academic text (2009)
  • All tumors that occur after a normal pregnancy are histologically choriocarcinomas.

Synonyms

microscopically
vshistologically
  • Specialized
3 7.2

To need a microscope to be seen

applies specifically to tissue structure and tissue study methods
histopathologically
vshistologically
  • Specialized
1 9.9

To examine sick body tissue under a microscope

relates to microscope study of tissues generally not only diseased ones

Surface Forms

histologically positive

Morphology

histologically = histological (transparent) = histology + ical + ly

The adverb is a regular -ly derivative of the adjective 'histological', denoting manner.

Etymology

Histologically comes from the root histo- meaning 'tissue' and the ending -logy meaning 'study', like in biology. So histologically means 'in a way that looks at tissue under a microscope'.