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Definition of Tissue

1. Verb. Create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton. "They tissue the cape "; "Tissue textiles"

2. Noun. Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function.

3. Noun. A soft thin (usually translucent) paper.

Definition of Tissue

1. n. A woven fabric.

2. v. t. To form tissue of; to interweave.

Definition of Tissue

1. Noun. Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric. ¹

2. Noun. A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief. ¹

3. Noun. Absorbent paper as material. ¹

4. Noun. (biology) A group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job ¹

5. Verb. To form tissue of; to interweave. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tissue

1. to weave into tissue (a fine sheer fabric) [v -SUED, -SUING, -SUES]

Medical Definition of Tissue

1. A group of similar cells united to perform a specific function. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tissue

tirwit tis tisan tisane tisanes tisar tisars tischendorfite tisic tisick

tisicks tisicky tisics tisinalite tissual tissue (current term) tissue-bearing area tissue-inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 tissue-specific antigen tissue-trimming

tissue adhesives tissue banks tissue basophil tissue conditioning (dental) tissue culture tissue culture infectious dose tissue culture plastic tissue displaceability tissue displacement tissue distribution

Literary usage of Tissue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"In other situations where the tissue forms a membranous layer, ... Vessels and Nerves of Connective tissue.—The blood-vessels of connective tissue are very ..."

2. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"Myxomatous tissue is the j earliest connective-tissue formation in the embryo, and all later \ varieties of connective tissue arise from this. ..."

3. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"Besides this, certain cells of connective tissue at various times, and in various ... Connective tissue thus loaded with fat is called adipose tissue; ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"Cardiac Muscular tissue.—As the muscle cells of cardiac tissue are somewhat intermediate in structure between the striated fibers of voluntary muscle and ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Hence the tissue lives upon the lymph, while the lymph is replenished from the blood ; and the interchange between the tissue-unit and the blood is ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Orcein acts as a specific stain for elastic tissue. The so-called reticulum is made up of fibres much like the white fibres, but not so easily attacked by ..."

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