Cytopathology
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The branch of pathology that deals with abnormalities of cells, independently of the tissue architecture from which they came, as for example in aspiration biopsy such as fine-needle aspiration. countable, uncountable
"Holonym: cytohistopathology"
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Immune serum could block the cytopathology; a heatlabile factor was required."
Etymology
From cyto- + pathology.