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• hist
  hist

  interjection

  (a sibilant exclamation used to attract attention or urge silence).
• hist-
  hist-

  variant of histo- before a vowel.
• hist.
  hist.

  abbreviation

  histology.

hist

¹ American  

[st, sst, hist] / st, sst, hɪst /

interjection

1. (a sibilant exclamation used to attract attention or urge silence).

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hist- ² American  

1. variant of histo- before a vowel.

   histidine.

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hist. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. histology.

2. historian.

3. historical.

4. history.

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hist British  

/ hɪst /

interjection

1. an exclamation used to attract attention or as a warning to be silent

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Usage

What does hist- mean? The combining form hist- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “tissue.” It is often used in medical terms, especially in anatomy and pathology. In some instances, such as in the term histamine, hist- is an abbreviation of histidine, an amino acid needed for tissue repair. The form hist- comes from Greek histós, meaning “web (of a loom)” or “tissue.”What are variants of hist-?The form hist- is a variant of histo-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels. In some rare instances, hist- becomes histio-, as in histioblast. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles for histo- and histio-. Another variant of histo- before an element beginning with a vowel is histi-, as in histioid.

Etymology

Origin of hist

First recorded in 1595–1605; representing in writing the sound sequence st

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Example Sentences

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Saturday sees Brighton, just about the only team who can get pulled into the mire, hist Leeds.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2021

“John Donaldson physically dominated everybody he played against hist entire career,” Gorton said.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2020

Ouy anc od hist ecabuse fo het sursingpri mautoaticity fo het brian!

From Scientific American ● Dec. 19, 2018

You’ll be hist, you’ll be hist, you’ll be history!

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2012

Mr. Ray looked at me, surprised at how hist two months went.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

See also U. Chevalier, Repertoire des sources hist., &c.,

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

See B. de Meynard, Dict. geog., hist., &c., pp.

From Les Parsis by Ratanbai Ardeshir Vakil

The question of the Lubeck debt is ably treated by Forssell in his Sver. inre hist., vol. i. pp. 134-138.

From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Paul Barron Watson

Kyrk. hist., vol. iii. pt. ii. pp. 558-559, are two letters, dated at Rydboholm, from Erik and his wife to the regent, Svante Sture.

From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Paul Barron Watson

Cf. the texts of Ambrosiaster cited in Rev. hist. et litt. relig.,

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Franz Cumont

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