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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

Mary Alice and I were stemming berries at the kitchen table that hist morning.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Author of Albion's England, a hist. of England from the Deluge to Elizabeth, containing 10,000 14-syllable lines.

From A Brief Handbook of English Authors by Oscar Fay Adams

Skand. hist., vol. xv. pp. 5-7, 19-24, 27-29 and 32-47; Handl. till upplysn. af Finl. häfd., vol. ii. p.

From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Paul Barron Watson

Has also written numerous pamphlets on hist., biog. and geneal. subjects.

From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by James Branch Cabell

Hipparchus in his time 168 tooke especiall notice of such as these, Plin. nat. hist. l.

From The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet by John Wilkins

See on this subject a most valuable discussion by Hans Forssell in his Anteckningar om mynt, vigt, mått, och varupris i Sverige, pp. 19-43, printed at the end of his Sver. inre hist., vol. ii.

From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Paul Barron Watson

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