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histological

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to histology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to histology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: histologic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English histology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English histological From histology + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: histològic — pertaining to histology
  • Czech: histologický — pertaining to histology
  • French: histologique — pertaining to histology
  • Galician: histolóxico — pertaining to histology
  • German: histologisch — pertaining to histology
  • Greek: ιστολογικός (istologikós) — pertaining to histology
  • Italian: istologico — pertaining to histology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: histologisk — pertaining to histology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: histologisk — pertaining to histology
  • Portuguese: histológico — pertaining to histology
  • Romanian: histologic — pertaining to histology
  • Spanish: histológico — pertaining to histology
  • Volapük: histunavik — pertaining to histology