Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
tissue paper.
any of several kinds of soft gauzy papers used for various purposes: cleansing tissue; toilet tissue.
an interwoven or interconnected series or mass: a tissue of falsehoods.
a piece of thin writing paper on which carbon copies are made.
a woven fabric, especially one of light or gauzy texture, originally woven with gold or silver: a blouse of a delicate tissue.
verb (used with object),tis·sued,tis·su·ing.
to remove (a cosmetic or cream) with a facial tissue (often followed by off): Tissue all cosmetics off the face before going to bed.
to weave, especially with threads of gold and silver.
Origin of tissue
1325–75; Middle English tissew, variant of tissu<Middle French, Old French, noun use of past participle of tistre to weave <Latin texere
That means there’s a risk of T-cells targeting the wrong cells and causing serious damage to healthy tissue.
Scientists Used Protein Switches to Turn T-Cells Into Cancer-Fighting Guided Missiles|Edd Gent|August 24, 2020|Singularity Hub
The tissue, which carries genes for color spliced in by scientists at Australia’s scientific research agency, CSIRO, is only the first step, but it’s a promising one.
Scientists Gene-Hack Cotton Plants to Make Them Every Color of the Rainbow|Jason Dorrier|August 11, 2020|Singularity Hub
As light enters our eyes, it first heads through a tough outer tissue called the cornea.
Explainer: How our eyes make sense of light|Tina Hesman Saey|July 16, 2020|Science News For Students
Certain environments can provide the right conditions to preserve soft tissues, she says.
Fossil discoveries suggest the earliest dinosaurs laid soft-shelled eggs|Jack J. Lee|June 24, 2020|Science News
Building new tissue isn’t the only thing the technology can do.
Scientists 3D Printed Ears Inside Living Mice Using Light|Shelly Fan|June 9, 2020|Singularity Hub
She dabbed them with a tissue and continued without ceremony.
Embedding With the Women Who Are Kicking ISIS Ass|Susannah George|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Medical personnel were expecting Rondin on Monday at Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy.
Ukraine’s Wild and Wooly Elections|Anna Nemtsova|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Seven assigned to this task filled each stadium section and also handed out flats of tissue packets.
Rwanda Remembers 100 Days of Terror on Genocide’s 20th Anniversary|Nina Strochlic|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Otherwise they have to go elsewhere for tissue flaps and movement of large chunks of dissected flesh from here to there.
What the Man With No Ass Crack Can Teach Darwinists and Creationists|Kent Sepkowitz|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Butters kept staring, stone still, the tissue box perfectly balanced.
Meet Butters, the Christmas Dog Model|Michael Daly|December 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Crepe or tissue streamers of different colors, including no red or blue, for wall.
Aria da Capo|Edna St. Vincent Millay
If the tissue is occupied by many cysts, the whole breast had better be removed.
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.
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.