Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Histology \His*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.]
That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute
(microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; --
called also histiology.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
histology
n 1: the branch of biology that studies the microscopic
structure of animal or plant tissues
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "histology":
anatomist, anatomy, angiography, angiology, anthropotomy,
geomorphology, histologist, morphologist, morphology, myography,
myology, organography, organology, osteography, osteology,
splanchnography, splanchnology, tectology, zootomy