histologist

Other forms: histologists

Definitions of histologist

1. noun

   anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues
   examples:

   Camillo Golgi

   Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926)

   Marcello Malpighi

   Italian anatomist who was the first to use a microscope to study anatomy and was among the first to recognize cells in animals (1628-1694)

   Santiago Ramon y Cajal

   Spanish histologist noted for his work on the structure of the nervous system (1852-1934)

   Matthias Schleiden

   German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881)

   Theodor Schwann

   German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882)

   type of:

   anatomist

   an expert in anatomy