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nounthe branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissuestype of:
Definition that contains histology
- fixing (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
- fixation (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
- staining (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study
- histological of or relating to histology
- histologic of or relating to histology
- histologically involving the use of histology or histological techniques
- glycerin jelly a mixture of glycerin and gelatin that is used in histology for mounting specimens