tissue
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tis·sue 
[tish-oo or, especially Brit., tis-yoo] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -sued, -su·ing.
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[tish-oo or, especially Brit., tis-yoo] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -sued, -su·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism. |
| 2. | tissue paper. |
| 3. | any of several kinds of soft gauzy papers used for various purposes: cleansing tissue; toilet tissue. |
| 4. | an interwoven or interconnected series or mass: a tissue of falsehoods. |
| 5. | a piece of thin writing paper on which carbon copies are made. |
| 6. | a woven fabric, esp. one of light or gauzy texture, originally woven with gold or silver: a blouse of a delicate tissue. |
| 7. | to remove (a cosmetic or cream) with a facial tissue (often fol. by off): Tissue all cosmetics off the face before going to bed. |
| 8. | to weave, esp. with threads of gold and silver. |
[Origin: 1325–75; ME tissew, var. of tissu < MF, OF, n. use of ptp. of tistre to weave < L texere]
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tis·su·al, adjective
tis·su·ey, adjective
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| tis·sue
(tĭsh'ōō) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English tissu, a rich kind of cloth, from Old French, from past participle of tistre, to weave, from Latin texere; see teks- in Indo-European roots.] tis'su·ey adj., tis'su·lar adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tissue
tissue
c.1366, "band or belt of rich material," from O.Fr. tissu "a ribbon, headband, belt of woven material" (c.1200), noun use of tissu "woven, interlaced," pp. of tistre "to weave," from L. textere "weave" (see texture). The biological sense is first recorded 1831, from Fr., introduced c.1800 by Fr. anatomist Marie-François-Xavier Bichal (1771-1802). Tissue-paper is from 1777, supposedly so called because it was made to be placed between tissues to protect them. Meaning "piece of absorbent paper used as a handkerchief" is from 1929.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| tissue | |
noun | |
| 1. | part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function |
| 2. | a soft thin (usually translucent) paper |
verb | |
| 1. | create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles" [syn: weave] |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tissue
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A large mass of similar cells that make up a part of an organism and perform a specific function. The internal organs and connective structures (including bone and cartilage) of vertebrates, and cambium, xylem, and phloem in plants are made up of different types of tissue.
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tissue tis·sue (tĭsh'&oomacr;)
n.
An aggregation of morphologically similar cells and associated intercellular matter acting together to perform specific functions in the body. There are four basic types of tissue: muscle, nerve, epithelial, and connective.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Tissue
Tis"sue\, n. [F. tissu, fr. tissu, p. p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See Text.]1. A woven fabric. 2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire. --Dryden. In their glittering tissues bear emblazed Holy memorials. --Milton. 3. (Biol.) One of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue. Note: The term tissue is also often applied in a wider sense to all the materials or elementary tissues, differing in structure and function, which go to make up an organ; as, vascular tissue, tegumentary tissue, etc. 4. Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood. Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion. --A. J. Balfour. Tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate articles, etc.
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Tissue
Tis"sue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tissued; p. pr. & vb. n. Tissuing.] To form tissue of; to interweave. Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. --Bacon.
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