About The Word Tissue
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Tissue
Tissue Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Tissue?
[n] a part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
[n] a soft thin (usually translucent) paper [v] of textiles; create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton Synonyms | Synonyms for Tissue: tissue paper | weave Related Terms | Find terms related to Tissue: See Also | animal tissue | bathroom tissue | being | body part | braid | brocade | cigarette paper | create from raw material | create from raw stuff | facial tissue | isthmus | Kleenex | lace | net | organism | paper | plait | plant tissue | rolling paper | toilet paper | toilet tissue | twill | web Tissue In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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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