Glossary: H

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Histologic: Pertaining to histology, the study of cells and tissues at the microscopic level.
Histology: The microscopic structure of tissue.
Histopathological: Pertaining to histopathology, The study of the microscopic anatomical changes in diseased tissue.
Histotechnician: A histotechnician prepares routine diagnostic histologic preparations using standard procedures under daily supervision and review, for microscopic examination by pathologists (medical doctors who diagnose the cause and nature of diseases) and scientists.
Hypertelorism: An unusually large distance between paired body parts or organs.