Medical Definition of Histioid
1. 1. Resembling in structure one of the tissues of the body. 2. Sometimes used with reference to the histologic structure of a neoplasm derived from and consisting of a single, relatively simple type of neoplastic tissue that closely resembles the normal, as in certain fibromas and leiomyomas. Synonym: histioid. Origin: histo-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Histioid
Literary usage of Histioid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy by Richard Thoma (1896)
"The histioid tumours are, for the most part, made up of one of the normal tissues,
... I think I ought to point out, however, that the histioid tumours, ..."
2. A Text-book of general pathology for the use of students and practitioners by James Martin Beattie (1908)
"histioid and ORGANOID TUMOURS composed of a single definite tissue, simple or
complex respectively, as the case may be, and named after the tissues from ..."
3. Text-book of general and special pathology for students and practitioners by Henry Turner Brooks (1915)
"In structure the histioid tumors correspond to a simple tissue, the organoid to
an organ ... The histioid tumors are made up principally of a simple tissue, ..."
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