Definition of Histochemistry

1. Noun. (biology chemistry) The branch of histology dealing with the chemistry of cells and tissues. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Histochemistry

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Medical Definition of Histochemistry

1. Study of the chemical composition of tissues by means of specific staining reactions. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Histochemistry

histiocytoses
histiocytosis
histiocytosis Y
histiocytosis x
histiogenic
histioid
histiology
histioma
histionic
histo-
histo-blood group B transferase
histoangic
histoblast
histochemical
histochemically
histochemistry (current term)
histocompatability
histocompatibilities
histocompatibility
histocompatibility antigen
histocompatibility antigens
histocompatibility complex
histocompatibility gene
histocompatibility testing
histocompatible
histocyte
histocytochemistry
histocytological preparation techniques

Literary usage of Histochemistry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1876)
"... and histochemistry of Man.—A Treatise on the Elements of Composition and Structure of the Human Body. By Heinrich Frey, Professor of Medicine in Zurich. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1875)
"Histology and histochemistry of Man. A Treatise on the Elements of Composition ... and lastly of Frey's Histology and histochemistry, may be accepted as a ..."

3. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"A tissue-cell. Histochemical (his"to-cem'ic{il). Pertaining to histochemistry. histochemistry (his-to-cem'ts-tri). ..."

4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1875)
"... H.—The histochemistry of Man: a Treatise on ths Elements of Composition and Structure of the Human £:<Jy. From the 4th '.lerman edit, by AEJ Barker. £'. ..."

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