histopathologic
- adjective
- /ˌhɪstəˌpæθəˈlɒdʒɪk/
- Specialized
- An accurate histopathologic evaluation is the most important tool for confirming the diagnosis.
- Histopathologic examination
- histopathologic findings
- Histopathologic analysis
Examples
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Confirmation of the diagnosis requires a full histopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis.
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The diagnosis was based on histopathologic examination supplemented by immunophenotypic analysis.
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Further studies, both clinical and histopathologic, are necessary to further elucidate these issues.
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Based on these histopathologic findings, we made a diagnosis of COE.
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Data from animal studies may be extrapolated and applied to the human model because of similarities in histopathologic reaction.
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There were no reported adverse outcomes, although one patient had a histopathologic report of an incomplete excision.
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The diagnosis in these cases was based on histopathologic examination of multiple parotid specimens.
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The mucosa surrounding the fungus ball in our patient was sent for histopathologic evaluation.
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The diagnosis of GCRG is based on the combination of clinical information, radiologic data, histopathologic characteristics, and response to treatment.
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The pathologist conducted a thorough histopathologic examination to identify the type of cancer in the biopsy sample.
Synonyms
Relating to the very small structure of tissues seen with a microscope
Relating to the study of disease by looking at body tissue under a microscope
Describing body tissue seen under a microscope
Surface Forms
Morphology
histopathologic = histopathology (opaque) = histo + patho + ic
The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ic' to the technical noun 'histopathology', but understanding requires specialist medical knowledge of the base term.
Etymology
Histopathologic breaks into histo- 'tissue', patho- 'disease', and -logic 'study'. It is like histology (the study of tissue) and pathology (the study of disease), so histopathologic means 'relating to the study of diseased tissue', often by looking at samples under a microscope.