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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1889 1. a branch of biology dealing with the structure, function, multiplication, pathology, and life history of cells 2. the cytological aspects of a process or structure • cytological or cytologic adjective • cytologically adverb • cytologist noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the study of cells. Derivatives: cytological adj. cytologically adv. cytologist n.

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