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cytology

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /saɪˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
  • General-American: /saɪˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
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  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY0 T AA1 L AH0 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The study of cells.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • Holonym: cytohistology

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: biology

2

noun

Meaning 2

The study of cells.

Cytopathology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: often in medicine

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • Holonyms: cytohistology, cytohistopathology

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: biology, biomedicine, medicine, pathology

3

noun

Meaning 3

the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: biology, biological science, microscopic anatomy

Narrower terms: cytogenetics

History

Etymology

From cyto- (“cell”) + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: citologji — biology: the study of cells
  • Armenian: բջջաբանություն (bǰǰabanutʻyun) — biology: the study of cells
  • Balinese: kosikawidya — biology: the study of cells
  • Catalan: citologia — biology: the study of cells
  • Chinese Mandarin: 細胞學 /细胞学 (xìbāoxué) — biology: the study of cells
  • Czech: cytologie — biology: the study of cells
  • Danish: cytologi — biology: the study of cells
  • Dutch: cytologie — biology: the study of cells
  • Dutch: celleer de — biology: the study of cells
  • Esperanto: citologio — biology: the study of cells
  • Estonian: rakubioloogia — biology: the study of cells
  • Estonian: tsütoloogia — biology: the study of cells
  • Estonian: rakuõpetus — biology: the study of cells
  • Finnish: soluoppi — biology: the study of cells
  • Finnish: solubiologia — biology: the study of cells
  • Finnish: sytologia — biology: the study of cells
  • French: cytologie — biology: the study of cells
  • Georgian: ციტოლოგია (ciṭologia) — biology: the study of cells
  • German: Zytologie — biology: the study of cells
  • German: Zellbiologie — biology: the study of cells
  • Greek: κυτταρολογία (kyttarología) — biology: the study of cells
  • Hindi: कोशिकाविज्ञान (kośikāvijñān) — biology: the study of cells
  • Hungarian: sejtbiológia — biology: the study of cells
  • Hungarian: sejttan — biology: the study of cells
  • Hungarian: citológia — biology: the study of cells
  • Icelandic: frumufræði — biology: the study of cells
  • Ido: citologio — biology: the study of cells
  • Indonesian: sitologi — biology: the study of cells
  • Italian: citologia — biology: the study of cells
  • Japanese: 細胞学 (saibōgaku) — biology: the study of cells
  • Kazakh: жасушатану (jasuşatanu) — biology: the study of cells
  • Khmer: កោសិកាវិទ្យា (kaose’kaa vityie) — biology: the study of cells
  • Korean: 세포학 (sepohak) — biology: the study of cells
  • Malay: kaji sel — biology: the study of cells
  • Malay: sitologi — biology: the study of cells
  • Polish: cytologia — biology: the study of cells
  • Portuguese: citologia — biology: the study of cells
  • Romanian: citologie — biology: the study of cells
  • Russian: цитоло́гия (citológija) — biology: the study of cells
  • Serbo-Croatian: цитологија — biology: the study of cells
  • Serbo-Croatian: citologija — biology: the study of cells
  • Lower Sorbian: cytologija — biology: the study of cells
  • Spanish: citología — biology: the study of cells
  • Swedish: cytologi — biology: the study of cells
  • Tagalog: palasihayan — biology: the study of cells
  • Tagalog: sitolohiya — biology: the study of cells
  • Telugu: జీవకణశాస్త్రము (jīvakaṇaśāstramu) — biology: the study of cells
  • Turkish: hücre bilimi — biology: the study of cells
  • Turkish: sitoloji — biology: the study of cells
  • Turkish: göze bilimi — biology: the study of cells
  • Vietnamese: tế bào học — biology: the study of cells
  • Vietnamese: sinh học tế bào — biology: the study of cells
  • Zazaki: sitoloci — biology: the study of cells