What is the meaning of the root hist/o?

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What is the meaning of the root hist/o?

Explanation:
hist/o means tissue. This combining form comes from Greek histos, meaning tissue, and shows up in terms like histology, the study of tissue structure under the microscope, and histopathology, which looks at diseased tissue to diagnose illness. The other roots point to different ideas: transmit or send, gallbladder, or head, so they don’t fit with hist/o.

hist/o means tissue. This combining form comes from Greek histos, meaning tissue, and shows up in terms like histology, the study of tissue structure under the microscope, and histopathology, which looks at diseased tissue to diagnose illness. The other roots point to different ideas: transmit or send, gallbladder, or head, so they don’t fit with hist/o.

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