ONLINE ETYMOLOGY
DICTIONARY
- medical word-forming element, from Gk. histos "warp, web," lit. "anything set upright," from histasthai "to stand," from PIE *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Taken by 19c. medical writers as the best Greek root from which to form terminology for "tissue."
- word-forming element indicating "branch of knowledge, science," now the usual form of -logy. Originally used c.1800 in nonce formations (commonsensology, etc.), it gained legitimacy by influence of the proper formation in geology, mythology, etc., where the -o- is a stem vowel in the previous element.
WIKIPEDIA
Histology (compound
of the Greek
words: ἱστός
"tissue", and -λογία
-logia) is the
study of the microscopic
anatomy of cells
and tissues
of plants and
animals. It is
commonly performed by examining cells and tissues by sectioning and
staining, followed by examination under a light
microscope or electron
microscope
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