How to Use histology in a Sentence

histology

noun
  • Stage, grade, time since diagnosis, and histology can be entered to compute how many people survive for up to five years.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 2020-01-15
  • To study the anatomy of the brain, Schnitzlein’s lab employed a centuries-old technique: tissue histology.
    — Lynne Parenti, Smithsonian, 2018-03-14
  • Thankfully, Maisy has fully recovered following the cancer scare and a histology report has shown no signs of cancer.
    — Fox News, 2018-04-20
  • The coroner's office had been waiting on histology reports before making a ruling in Garrion's death, according to Sefton.
    — Becky Jacobs, Post-Tribune, 2017-06-09
  • Prior assessments of the sauropod's likely speed had been largely based on studying bone histology and evidence from trace fossils (especially footprints).
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2022-08-11
  • The old pillars of medical school — pathology, anatomy, histology and pharmacology — are now woven into courses organized by organ system.
    — Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2018-03-18
  • The corpse was sent to Kansas State University where a necropsy and histology, which analyzes body tissue at a microscopic level, will attempt to determine the cause of death, the zoo said.
    — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 2019-10-01
  • French physician Xavier Bichat, considered the father of histology and tissue pathology, was the first person to look deeper than the organs, dissecting the organs and analyzing the tissues that comprised them.
    — Maude Campbell, Popular Mechanics, 2020-11-11
  • Interested in research more than treatment, Cajal turned to histology, or cell theory, a discipline that had flowered since the introduction of powerful microscopes in the 1830s.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 2018-06-06
  • A final ruling on the cause and manner of Lesley's death is pending the results of toxicology, neuropathology, histology and microbiology examinations.
    — Haley Hansen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2017-08-20
  • Those studies include cardiac pathology, neuropathology, toxicology and histology.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 2019-12-16
  • Cardiac pathology, neuropathology, toxicology and histology testing are still necessary to determine the cause of death, according to the Medical Examiners Office.
    — Chloe Melas, CNN, 2019-12-09
  • For their study, researchers collected specimens of Ramisyllis multicaudata and their host sponges from waters near Darwin, Australia, and examined them using microscopes, X-ray computed microtomography scans, histology and other techniques.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2021-05-12
  • Additional studies include cardiac pathology, neuropathology, toxicology and histology.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 2019-12-16

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