histopathology
noun
histopathology is spelled H-I-S-T-O-P-A-T-H-O-L-O-G-Y: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, histopathology means “The microscopic study of tissue, especially of abnormal tissue as a result of disease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of histopathology is histopathologies.
How many letters and syllables are in histopathology?
| Letters | 14: H-I-S-T-O-P-A-T-H-O-L-O-G-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is histopathology?
Histopathology appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of histopathology
- histopathologies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does histopathology mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The microscopic study of tissue, especially of abnormal tissue as a result of disease.
Holonym: cytohistopathology
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Histopathology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense study of tissue:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Histopathologie |
| Portuguese | histopatologia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does histopathology come from?
From histo- + pathology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).