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

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. tissuenoun

   Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.

2. tissuenoun

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

3. tissuenoun

   Absorbent paper as material.

4. tissuenoun

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

5. tissueverb

   To form tissue of; to interweave.

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

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

1. tissuenoun

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

2. tissue, tissue paperverb

   a soft thin (usually translucent) paper

3. weave, tissueverb

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

   "tissue textiles"

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

1. Tissuenoun

   a woven fabric

2. Tissuenoun

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

3. Tissuenoun

   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. Tissuenoun

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

5. Tissueverb

   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.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tissue

   A group of organisms that function together for a specific purpose in the body of an animal or human being.

   The muscle tissue functions together to move the leg.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 3, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Body Part
   • Create From Raw Material
   • Handicraft

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

How to pronounce tissue?

1. Alex

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   Karen

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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. Glenn Phillips:

   What the vets found was that the skin on the surface was damaged and broken, but the actual tissue below was intact, so the wound looked a lot worse than it actually was.

2. Alexander Meigs Haig:

   I probably carry more scar tissue on my derrire than any other candidate-that's political scar tissue.

3. Van Vilsteren:

   We thought it would be lung tissue, but instead we found little scraps of paper covered with Chinese characters.

4. Riccardo Ricciardi Jr.:

   The way it works is small titanium implants are placed in the prostate to hold the obstructing tissue away from the urethra to relieve the obstruction.

5. Elizabeth Hurley:

   The dress I unearthed for this shot is Atelier Versace – I wore it 21 years ago to the CFDA Fashion Awards, i was with my then-boyfriend Hugh Grant and had a blast. I put it away in acid-free tissue paper straight away, and it’s still perfect!

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