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What does cytology mean?


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Cytology:

  1. It is defined as the study of cells as the basic unit of living organisms.
  2. The first stage of cytology begins in 1665 with a microscopic study of cork by British scientist Robert Hooke.
  3. He noticed dead cork cells and gave the term "cells" as per their appearance since they resembled cells in a honeycomb.

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