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histopath's report

histopath's report

6.1
A medical report that explains what small pieces of body tissue show under a microscope
  • noun
  • /ˈhɪstəˌpæθs rɪˈpɔrt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : informe histopatológico
  • The histopath's report confirmed that the tumor was benign.

Examples

  • Doctors awaited the histopath's report before starting treatment.

  • Can you send me the histopath's report from the lab?

  • A detailed histopath's report can provide vital clues for complex diagnoses.

  • The doctor reviewed the histopath's report carefully.

  • Doctors awaited the histopath's report before starting treatment.

  • The histopath's report confirmed that the tumor was benign.

  • A detailed histopath's report can provide vital clues for complex diagnoses.

How Detailed

histopath's report
  • Specialized
6.1
summary
3.3

Surface Forms

histopath's report singular
histopath's reports plural

Morphology

histopath's + report

The phrase is a simple possessive construction (X's report) so if a learner knows the first constituent as meaning a histopathologist or histopathology specialist they can infer it is a medical report produced by that specialist. However, 'histopath's' is a clipped, specialist term not listed in the dictionary and unlikely to be known by a B1 learner, so the overall expression is only partially predictable.

Etymology

Histopath's report comes from doctors who study tiny pieces of body 'tissue' under a 'microscope'. The word histopath combines histo, meaning 'tissue', and path, meaning 'disease', and the report is the written result, so the phrase means the medical report that explains what the tissue shows about a patient's 'disease'.