Histopathology – The study of diseases of the tissues

(Pronounced his-toh-puh-thol-uh-jee)

Pathology means 'the study of the origin, nature and causes of diseases'.

To remember the definition of the word histopathology, use the following mnemonic:

History (histo) is full of diseases that have left people crying into their tissues.

Examples of histopathology in a sentence

The doctors waited on a histopathology report to help find the cause of the mystery illness.

I am at medical school completing a degree in histopathology.

Rather than studying pathology as a whole, the scientist specialised in histopathology and was a master in this field.