cytologynoun [ U ]
uk/saɪˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/us/saɪˈtɑː.lə.dʒi/the scientific study of cells from living things
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Cells
- -celled
- anaphase
- assort
- cell wall
- chromatid
- gamete
- hemoglobin
- histology
- metaphase
- metastasize
- mitochondrial
- mitochondrion
- monoclonal
- motor neuron
- neoplasia
- nerve cell
- neuron
- platelet
- respiration
- vacuole
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Examples from literature
- With all its mastery of the laws of heredity, of cytology, and of embryology, it cannot tell why a man is a man, and a dog is a dog.