histopathology

[ his-toh-puh-thol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.

histopathology

/ ˌhɪstəʊpəˈθɒlədʒɪ; ˌhɪstəʊˌpæθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

1. the study of the microscopic structure of diseased tissues

Derived Forms

• histopathological, adjective

Other Words From

• his·to·path·o·log·ic [his-t, uh, -path-, uh, -, loj, -ik], histo·patho·logi·cal adjective
• histo·pa·tholo·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of histopathology¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; histo- + pathology

Example Sentences

Most of what scientists know about how atherosclerosis forms and develops over time comes from histopathology studies of postmortem coronary specimens.

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Furthermore, adding RvD2 from an external source to activate GPR18 improved liver histopathology.

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Laruelle has thus shown how some of the fundamentals of intratumour heterogeneity, corroborated from the standpoint of histopathology and genomics, are supported by mathematics using the hawk-dove game.

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Mathematics, histopathology and genomics converge to confirm that the most aggressive clear cell renal cell carcinomas display low levels of intratumour heterogeneity, i.e. they contain fewer distinct cell types.

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While the research team did note that the cancer histopathology of the mice used in this study resembled diffuse-type cancer in humans, future research is needed to determine whether the NF-κB-MMP21 pathway is relevant to other cancers.

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