Histology vs. Morphology

Histologynoun

(biology) The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.

Histologynoun

That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; - called also histiology.

Histologynoun

the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues

Histologynoun

the study of the microscopic structure of tissues.

Histology

Histology, also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures visible without a microscope.

Morphologynoun

(uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:

Morphologynoun

(linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).

Morphologynoun

(biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.

Morphologynoun

(geology) The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.

Morphologynoun

(math) Mathematical morphology.

Morphologynoun

(countable) The form and structure of something.

Morphologynoun

(countable) A description of the form and structure of something.

Morphologynoun

That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology.

Morphologynoun

The form and structure of an organism.

Morphologynoun

The branch of linguistics which studies the patterns by which words are formed from other words, including inflection, compounding, and derivation.

Morphologynoun

The study of the patterns of inflection of words or word classes in any given language; the study of the patterns in which morphemes combine to form words, and the rules for combination; morphemics; as, the morphology of Spanish verbs; also, the inflection patterns themselves.

Morphologynoun

the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants

Morphologynoun

studies of the rules for forming admissible words

Morphologynoun

the admissible arrangement of sounds in words

Morphologynoun

the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms

Morphologynoun

the study of the forms of things.

Morphologynoun

the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures.

Morphologynoun

the study of the forms of words, in particular inflected forms

Morphologynoun

a particular form, shape, or structure.