BioConcepts

cytologycytologie (fr.); Zytologie (ger.)

• The study of the structure and function of cells; the branch of biology dealing with this. (OED 2011)
  category cell

  1857

  The description of the cells (and their development and function), from which the tissues are originally formed, constitutes the department of histology termed Cytology

  Peaslee, E.R. (1857). Human Histology in its Relation to Descriptive Anatomy, Physiologie, and Pathology: 114.

  1858

  Cytologie oder die Zellen

  Theile (1858). [Rev. Peaslee (1857)]. Schmidt’s Jahrbücher der in- und ausländischen gesammten Medicin 99, 106-107: 107.

  1884

  la cytologie proprement dite: la morphologie, l’anatomie, la physiologie et la biochimie de la cellule, soit animale, soit végétale

  Carnoy, J.B. (1884). Au lecteur. La cellule. Recueil de cytologie et d’histologie générale 1, 5-6; cf. id. (1884). La biologie cellulaire: 8; 9.

  1982

  cytology The study of the structure and function of living cells. 

  Lincoln, R.J., Boxshall, G.A. & Clark, P.F. (1982). A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics: 62.