histo-

a combining form meaning “tissue,” used in the formation of compound words:

histology.

Also, especially before a vowel, hist-.

Origin

< Greek, combining form of histós web (of a loom), tissue

British Dictionary definitions for histo-

histo-

combining form

indicating animal or plant tissue: histology, histamine

Word Origin

from Greek, from histos web

Word Origin and History for histo-

medical word-forming element, from Greek histos "warp, web," literally "anything set upright," from histasthai "to stand," from PIE *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Taken by 19c. medical writers as the best Greek root from which to form terminology for "tissue."

histo- in Medicine

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