cyt/o, hist/o

cyt/o means cell and hist/o means tissue (Greek).

"SIGH-toh / HISS-toh." Coach: "Cyt is a cell; hist is tissue made from cells."

Examples: cytology, cytoplasm, cytotoxic, cytopenia, leukocyte.

Also: erythrocyte, histology, histopathology, histochemistry, histocompatibility.