The word anatomy comes from the Greek ana-meaning up or through + tome meaning a cutting. Anatomy was once a cutting up because the structure of the body was originally learned through dissecting it. The word histology came from the Greek histo- meaning tissue + logos, treatise.
Definition: Reliability is the degree to which a measurement instrument gives the same results each time that it is used, assuming that the underlying thing being measured does not change.
Full Definition of RELIABLE. 1. : suitable or fit to be relied on: dependable. 2. : giving the same result on successive trials. â reÂ·liÂ·ableÂ·ness noun. â reÂ·liÂ·ably \-blÄ\ adverb. See reliable defined for English-language learners. See reliable defined for kids.ull Definition of RELIABLE. 1. : suitable or fit to be relied on: dependable. 2. : giving the same result on successive trials. â reÂ·liÂ·ableÂ·ness noun. â reÂ·liÂ·ably \-blÄ\ adverb. See reliable defined for English-language learners. See reliable defined for kids.