Definitions for tissue
ˈtɪʃ u; esp. Brit. ˈtɪs yutis·sue

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tissue(noun)

   part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function

2. tissue, tissue paper(verb)

   a soft thin (usually translucent) paper

3. weave, tissue(verb)

   create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton

   "tissue textiles"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tissue(Noun)

   Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.

2. tissue(Noun)

   A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.

3. tissue(Noun)

   Absorbent paper as material.

4. tissue(Noun)

   A group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job

5. tissue(Verb)

   To form tissue of; to interweave.

   Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. uE00027296uE001 Francis Bacon.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tissue(noun)

   a woven fabric

2. Tissue(noun)

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

3. Tissue(noun)

   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. Tissue(noun)

   fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood

5. Tissue(verb)

   to form tissue of; to interweave

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tissue

   An anatomical structure consisting of similarly specialized cells and intercellular matrix, aggregated according to genetically determined spatial relationships, performing a specific function.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tissue

   tish′ū, n. cloth interwoven with gold or silver, or with figured colours: (anat.) the substance of which organs are composed: a connected series.—v.t. to form, as tissue: to interweave: to variegate.—n. Tis′sue-pā′per, a thin, soft, semi-transparent kind of paper. [Fr. tissu, woven, pa.p. of tistre—L. texĕre, to weave.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tissue' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4431

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tissue' in Nouns Frequency: #1424

Anagrams for tissue »

1. suites

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   Alex

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tissue in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tissue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of tissue in a Sentence

1. Dawn Laguens:

   I say that unequivocally, we do not make a profit on fetal tissue.

2. Edward Kim:

   They show correlations with the tissue about where you would expect them.

3. Henry Rollins:

   Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

4. Stephen Butler Leacock:

   Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour.

5. Leah Keller:

   It takes a long time for that connective tissue to come back to its original tone.

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