Jer. xix. 8.
Hiss"ing*ly, adv. With a hissing sound.
Hist (?), interj. [Cf. Dan. hys. &?;. Cf. Hush, Whist.] Hush; be
silent; -- a signal for silence. Milton.
His`ti*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.] Same as Histology.
His`to*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + E. genesis.] (Biol.) (a)
The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the
opposite of histolysis. (b) Germ history of cells, and of the tissues
composed of cells. Haeckel.
His`to*ge*net"ic (?), a. [See Histogeny.] (Biol.) Tissue-producing;
connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.
His*tog"e*ny (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + root of &?; to be born.]
(Biol.) Same as Histogenesis. Dunglison.
His*tog"ra*pher (?), n. One who describes organic tissues; an
histologist.
His"to*graph"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to histography.
His*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -graphy.] A description
of, or treatise on, organic tissues.
His`to*hÊm"a*tin (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + E. hÊmatin.] (Physiol.)
One of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the
animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.
His"toid (?), a. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -oid.] Resembling the normal
tissues; as, histoid tumors.
{ His`to*log"ic (?), His`to*log"ic*al } a. (Biol.) Pertaining to
histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living
organisms. -- His`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
His*tol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in histology.
His*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + -logy.] That branch of
biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure
of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.
||His*tol"y*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "isto`s tissue + &?; to loosen,
||dissolve.] (Biol.) The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues
||and of the blood.
His`to*lyt"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the
degeneration of tissues.
His*ton"o*my (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + &?; to distribute,
regulate.] The science which treats of the laws relating to organic
tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.
His*toph"y*ly (?), n. [Gr. "isto`s tissue + Gr. &?; clan.] (Biol.) The
tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly. Haeckel.
His*to"ri*al (?), a. [L. historialis: cf. F. historial.] Historical.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
His*to"ri*an (?), n. [F. historien.] 1. A writer of history; a
chronicler; an annalist.
Even the historian takes great liberties with facts.
Sir J. Reynolds.