HISTOLOGIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does histologic mean? 

• HISTOLOGIC (adjective)
  The adjective HISTOLOGIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to histology

  Familiarity information: HISTOLOGIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HISTOLOGIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to histology

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

histologic; histological

Pertainym:

histology (the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues)

Derivation:

histology (the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues)

 Context examples 

The prognosis depends on the stage of the tumor, the depth of the uterine wall invasion, and the histologic subtype.

(Endometrial Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Two major histologic types of esophageal carcinoma have been described: squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma.

(Esophageal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is the most common histologic type of prostate adenocarcinoma.

(Acinar Prostate Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologic variants include mucinous adenocarcinoma and signet ring cell carcinoma.

(Duodenal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Diffuse melanocytosis carries a poor prognosis even in the absence of histologic malignancy.

(Diffuse Melanocytosis, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

A microscopic finding indicating that a tumor exhibits more than one line of histologic differentiation.

(Divergent Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)

Importantly, other histologic subtypes of non-Hodgkin lymphoma can also produce this clinico-pathological entity. (WHO, 2000) — 2003

(Multifocal Lymphomatous Polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)

Histologic subtypes include clear cell, endometrioid, serous, and mucinous adenocarcinoma.

(Fallopian Tube Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

There are two histologic subtypes identified: ganglioneuroblastoma, intermixed and ganglioneuroblastoma, nodular.

(Ganglioneuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

There is considerable histologic overlap between non-neoplastic flat hyperplastic lesions and flat neoplastic lesions without atypia.

(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-1A, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)