The study of diseased cells and tissues using a microscope.

Microscopic pathological study of the anatomy and cell structure of tissues in disease to reveal abnormal or adverse structural changes.

The study of disease processes at the cellular level.

Histopathology is a branch of pathology concerned with the microscopic tissue changes characteristic of disease Source: Merriam-Webster

The study of body tissues

the study of cells relating to the disease. (Histology is the microscopic study of cells and tissues, Pathology is the study of the disease). The histopathologist will determine a precise diagnosis by laboratory tests and microscopic examination of the cells.

The science or study dealing with the diagnosis of abnormal or diseased tissue. When a histopathologic biopsy is received by a pathology laboratory, the tissue is embedded in paraffin, cut into thin sections that are put onto a slide, and stained. Then, a pathologist makes a diagnosis by evaluating the stained slide under a microscope. | ↑ Back to [..]

The study of diseased cells and tissues using a microscope.

 The study of the microscopic appearances of diseased tissues

(biology) The microscopic study of tissue, especially of abnormal tissue as a result of disease

This involves the macroscopic and microscopic examination of body tissue removed during surgery or at post-mortem dissection. Many forms of cancer and other diseases can only be diagnosed by histopathic techniques.