Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
histological

histological

3 9.5
Relating to the very small structure of tissues seen with a microscope
  • adjective
  • /ˌhɪstəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : histológico
  • Absence of tumor involvement of the NAC was confirmed with frozen section histological analysis of the sub-NAC breast tissue.
  • histological examination
  • histological analysis
  • histological evaluation

Examples

  • All the patients had surgical biopsies for histological analysis, microscopy, culture, and antibiotic sensitivity.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Nodal positivity correlated with histological grade and tumor size, but not with estrogen receptor or c-erbB-2 status.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Gender differences in distribution, histological type, and exposure to tobacco have also been noted 4, 6, 8, 16, 18.

    Academic text (2007)

  • This is a depiction of a histological preparation.

  • Furthermore, online virtual medical centers provide a variety of online databases with histological images.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Full clinical, biochemical, immunological, and liver histological data were obtained for all patients.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Previous studies have been restricted to histological examination of operative or necropsy material.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Breast cancer comprises several different subtypes, displaying distinctive histological and genetic features.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Most of these tumors are readily identifiable by their clinical manifestations and histological appearance.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The doctor examined the histological samples under the microscope to identify any abnormalities.

Synonyms

histologic
vshistological
  • Specialized
8.6

Describing body tissue seen under a microscope

is the same meaning but is the alternate adjective form
micromorphological
vshistological
  • Specialized
9.5

Small details of the structure of a material or living tissue seen with a microscope

focuses specifically on tissue microscopic structure rather than all materials
microscopical
vshistological
  • Specialized
7.9

Using a microscope to study very small things

applies directly to tissue microscopic structure rather than microscope use

Surface Forms

histological positive

Morphology

histological = histology (transparent) = histology + ical

Clearly formed from 'histology' with the adjective-forming suffix '-ical', so the meaning 'relating to histology' is directly derived.

Etymology

Histological comes from histo- meaning 'tissue' and -logy meaning 'study', as in biology. So something histological is about the very small structure of body tissues that you look at under a microscope.