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 Definitions of Tissue  [ˈtɪʃ u;]  

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Definition of 'Tissue' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) tissue
an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming one of the structural materials of an organism.

2.  tissue
any of several kinds of soft gauzy papers used for various purposes:
toilet tissue.

3.  tissue
an interconnected series or mass:
a tissue of falsehoods.

4.  tissue
a piece of thin writing paper.

5.  tissue
a woven fabric, esp. one of light or gauzy texture.

6. (v.t.) tissue
to cover or clothe with tissue.

7.  tissue
to remove with facial or other tissues.

8.  tissue
to weave, esp. with threads of gold and silver.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME tissew, var. of tissu < MF, OF, n. use of ptp. of tistre to weave < L texere)

Definition of 'Tissue' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) tissue
part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function

2. (verb) tissue, tissue paper
a soft thin (usually translucent) paper

3. (verb) weave, tissue
create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton
"tissue textiles"


Definition of 'Tissue' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) tissue
a square of thin soft paper, often used for wiping your nose
a pack of tissues

2.  tissue
the substance animals and plants are made of
patients needing tissue donations


Definition of 'Tissue' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Tissue
a woven fabric

2. (noun) Tissue
a fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures

3. (noun) Tissue
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

4. (noun) Tissue
fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood

5. (verb) Tissue
to form tissue of; to interweave


Translation of 'Tissue' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (one of the kinds of) substance of which the organs of the body are made
nervous tissue; the tissues of the body.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: weefsel Arabic flag Arabic: نَسيج الجِسْم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тъкан
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tecido Czech flag Czech: tkáň German flag German: das Gewebe
Danish flag Danish: væv Greek flag Greek: ιστός Spanish flag Spanish: tejido
Estonian flag Estonian: kude Farsi flag Farsi: بافت Finnish flag Finnish: kudos
French flag French: tissu Hebrew flag Hebrew: רִקמָה Hindi flag Hindi: ऊतक
Croatian flag Croatian: tkivo Hungarian flag Hungarian: szövet (biológiában) Indonesian flag Indonesian: jaringan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (líkams)vefur Italian flag Italian: tessuto Japanese flag Japanese: 組織
Korean flag Korean: 세포 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: audinys Latvian flag Latvian: audi
Malay flag Malay: tisu Dutch flag Dutch: weefsel Norwegian flag Norwegian: vev
Polish flag Polish: tkanka Portuguese flag Portuguese: tecido Romanian flag Romanian: ţesut
Russian flag Russian: ткань Slovak flag Slovak: tkanivo Slovenian flag Slovenian: tkivo
Serbian flag Serbian: tkivo Swedish flag Swedish: vävnad Thai flag Thai: เนื้อเยื่อของคน สัตว์หรือ
Turkish flag Turkish: doku Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (生物的)組織 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тканина
Urdu flag Urdu: ريشہ، ايک مادہ جس سے اعضا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese:  Chinese flag Chinese: (生物的)组织

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