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Cytology Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ology

Cytology has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"During her advanced degree, Dr. Aris specialized in cytology to better understand how cellular structures respond to environmental stressors."

2

The study of cells.

"During her internship at the lab, Maya spent every day studying cytology to better understand how different cell types function in the human body."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
biology microscopic anatomy
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
cytogenetics
Rhyming Words
dogy fogy bogy logy pogy ology loogy elogy boogy alogy agogy dilogy oölogy oology eulogy perogy urology geology analogy trilogy
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