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hist

[st, sst; spelling pron. hist]
–interjection
(a sibilant exclamation used to attract attention).

Origin:
1595–1605; repr. in writing the sound sequence st

hist-

var. of histo- before a vowel: histidine.

hist.

histo-

a combining form meaning “tissue,” used in the formation of compound words: histology.
Also, especially before a vowel, hist-.


Origin:
< Gk, comb. form of histós web (of a loom), tissue
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hist- pref.
Variant of histo-.

histo- or hist-
pref.
Body tissue: histogenesis.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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