tissue /tishˈoo, -ū, tisˈū/

1. A collection of cells with a similar structure and particular function in an animal or plant (such as muscle tissue) (biology)
2. Tissue paper
3. A piece of soft, absorbent paper used as a disposable handkerchief, etc
4. Anything woven, esp a rich or gauzy fabric interwoven with gold or silver thread
5. A complex accumulation (of lies, nonsense, etc)
6. Paper coated with gelatine and pigment (photography)

1. To weave or interweave, esp with gold or silver thread
2. To clothe, cover or decorate with tissue or tissue paper
3. To variegate

tissue culture noun

1. The growing of detached pieces of animal or plant tissue in nutritive fluids
2. A piece so grown

tissue engineering noun

The creation of new body parts for transplantation, etc

tissue-equivalent material noun (radiology)

Phantom material

tissue paper noun

A thin, soft, semitransparent paper used for tracing, wrapping delicate or breakable objects, decoration, etc (said orig to have been put between folds of tissue)

tissue plasminogen activator noun (medicine)

An anti-clotting enzyme occurring naturally in the blood, manufactured genetically as a drug and used to dissolve blood clots

tissue-specific antigen noun (immunology)

An antigen present in a certain tissue but not found in other tissues

tissˈue-typing noun

The determination of body tissue types, eg to ensure compatibility between the donor and the recipient in transplant surgery

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