histology

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Using bone histology, or the study of fossilized bone microstructure, the team analyzed this small throat bone and identified growth patterns that indicate the animal had reached or was close to full maturity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Then came the gut punch: “The histology confirmed grade 4 glioblastoma, or GBM.”

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

It typically takes six to eight weeks to complete a full autopsy report, allowing for toxicology and histology tests to be completed.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

But a provisional cause of death was not done "pending further investigation of histology and toxicology".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023

The book was filled with complicated sentences explaining Henrietta’s cells by saying, “its atypical histology may correlate with the unusually malignant behavior of the carcinoma,” and something about the “correlate of the tumor’s singularity.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot