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tissuey

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tis⋅sue

  [tish-oo or, especially Brit., tis-yoo] noun, verb, -sued, -su⋅ing.
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
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

Related forms:
tis⋅su⋅al, adjective
tis⋅su⋅ey, adjective
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tis·sue   (tĭsh'ōō)   
n.  

  1. A fine, very thin fabric, such as gauze.

  2. Tissue paper.

  3. A soft, absorbent piece of paper used as toilet paper, a handkerchief, or a towel.

  4. An interwoven or interrelated number of things; a web; a network: "The text is a tissue of mocking echoes" (Richard M. Kain).

  5. Biology An aggregation of morphologically similar cells and associated intercellular matter acting together to perform one or more specific functions in the body. There are four basic types of tissue: muscle, nerve, epidermal, and connective.


[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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tis·sue
Pronunciation: 'tish-(")ü, 'tish-&(-w), chiefly Brit 'tis-(")yü
Function: noun
: an aggregate of cellsusually of a particular kind together with their intercellular substance that form one of the structural materials of a plant or an animal and that in animals include connective tissue, epithelium,muscle tissue, and nerve 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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tissue   (tĭsh')  Pronunciation Key 
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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