cytology

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This newer HPV test is regarded as a better indicator than cytology of identifying who is a higher risk of developing cervical cancer.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2024

In Northern Ireland, a less sensitive test called cytology continues to be used which examines the cells under a microscope.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2022

Two years later, he received a master’s degree from Texas Tech in cytology, the study of cells.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

The fusion of genetics and cytology came in the 1910s, when Thomas Hunt Morgan and his colleagues mapped the chromosomal locations of fruit-fly mutations.

From Nature • Apr. 15, 2019

The recent advances in cytology, remarkable as they are, consist almost entirely of observations of microscopic structure.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.