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histo-

histo- prefix: tissue.

Prefix

histo-

  1. tissue

Forms of histo-

alternative formhist-
alternative formhistio-

Origin of histo-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós, “web, tissue”). Unrelated to English history.

Questions about histo-

What does histo- mean?
Histo- means tissue.
What part of speech is histo-?
Histo- is a prefix.

Words near histo- in the dictionary

  1. histioteuthids
  2. histiotroph
  3. histiotrophic
  4. histiotropism
  5. histo
  6. histo-
  7. histoanatomic
  8. histoanatomical
  9. histoanatomically
  10. histoanatomist
  11. histoanatomists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: histo- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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