Medical Terminology / Unit 4 MedTerm 0193 short lesson, about 20 seconds
hist/o: Tissue
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The idea
The combining form hist slash o names tissue, a group of similar cells performing one function.
In practice
Histology is the study of tissues.
Where people slip
Tissue is a level above the cell. A histologic finding describes a group, not one cell.
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