Tissue
noun
A group of similar cells in an animal or plant that work together to do a specific job.
Muscle tissue is soft and can stretch.
Often appears as...
- connective tissue
- soft tissue
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General,Academic
noun
Material made of soft, thin pieces of paper, used for cleaning or for blowing your nose.
Can you pass me a tissue?
Often appears as...
- facial tissue
- tissue paper
noun
A piece of soft, translucent paper used for wrapping or packing delicate articles.
The gift was wrapped in pink tissue paper.
Often appears as...
- tissue paper
- gift tissue
noun
A type of lightweight, transparent fabric.
She loved the soft feel of the tissue silk against her skin.
Often appears as...
- tissue silk
- tissue fabric
noun
A group of similar cells in an animal or plant that work together to do a specific job.
Muscle tissue is soft and can stretch.
Often appears as...
- connective tissue
- soft tissue
Usage tips
General,Academic
noun
Material made of soft, thin pieces of paper, used for cleaning or for blowing your nose.
Can you pass me a tissue?
Often appears as...
- facial tissue
- tissue paper
noun
A piece of soft, translucent paper used for wrapping or packing delicate articles.
The gift was wrapped in pink tissue paper.
Often appears as...
- tissue paper
- gift tissue
noun
A type of lightweight, transparent fabric.
She loved the soft feel of the tissue silk against her skin.
Often appears as...
- tissue silk
- tissue fabric
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Biology Context
This 'tissue' usage relates to biology and is often found in academic or scientific discussions.
Researchers are studying cancerous tissues to find a cure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Substance
In biology, 'tissue' doesn't refer to a substance, but a structure formed by cells.
Plant tissues include xylem and phloem.
Pro Tip 3/3Combined Function
Biological tissues are groups of cells working together, similar to a team on a project.
Nerve tissue transmits signals throughout your body.
Pro Tip 1/3Biology Context
This 'tissue' usage relates to biology and is often found in academic or scientific discussions.
Researchers are studying cancerous tissues to find a cure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Substance
In biology, 'tissue' doesn't refer to a substance, but a structure formed by cells.
Plant tissues include xylem and phloem.
Pro Tip 3/3Combined Function
Biological tissues are groups of cells working together, similar to a team on a project.
Nerve tissue transmits signals throughout your body.
Pro Tip 1/3Biology Context
This 'tissue' usage relates to biology and is often found in academic or scientific discussions.
Researchers are studying cancerous tissues to find a cure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Substance
In biology, 'tissue' doesn't refer to a substance, but a structure formed by cells.
Plant tissues include xylem and phloem.
Pro Tip 3/3Combined Function
Biological tissues are groups of cells working together, similar to a team on a project.
Nerve tissue transmits signals throughout your body.
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Video examples
How a wound heals itself...
the body sends special cells to fight any pathogens that may have gotten through. Among the most important of these are white blood cells, known as macrophages, which devour bacteria and damage tissue through a process known as phagocytosis, in addition to producing growth factors to spur healing. And because these tiny soldiers need to travel
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Seven Superpowered...
grow faster than the greenland shark all this slow and prolonged life history gives them the power of immortality kind of i mean compared to other vertebrates the greenland shark is actually thought to be the oldest living vertebrate species on the planet using radiocarbon dating on the tissues
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The three different ways...
Its placenta, a solid disk of blood-rich tissue, attaches to the wall of the uterus to support the developing embryo. The placenta is what keeps the calf alive during pregnancy. Directly connected to the mother's blood supply, it funnels nutrients and oxygen straight into the calf's body
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What happens when our...
depending on precisely which group of experts we asked. Now, it could happen much, much later, or sooner, the truth is nobody really knows. What we do know is that the ultimate limit to information processing in a machine substrate lies far outside the limits in biological tissue.
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How do glasses help us...
the layer of light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that works with the brain to give rise to vision. But many people develop refractive errors, either during childhood as their eyes are growing, or in later life as their eyes age. Imperfections in the cornea and lens
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What happens when you...
How dangerous are all those concussions? The answer is complicated, and lies in how the brain responds when something strikes it. The brain is made of soft fatty tissue, with a consistency something like jello. Inside its protective membranes and the skull's hard casing,
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Why do our bodies age? -...
a process that halts the cell cycle in times of risk, like when cancer cells are proliferating. But the response also kicks in more as we age, halting cell growth and cutting short their ability to replicate. Aging also involves stem cells that reside in many tissues
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What makes muscles grow?...
and along with connective tissue, they bind us together, hold us up, and help us move. And whether or not body building is your hobby, muscles need your constant attention because the way you treat them on a daily basis determines whether they will wither or grow.
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One Man’s Mission to...
propagate these things ensures the world ouvert our micro propagation in tissue culture lab the main goals for that was basically research and development on how to make a million trees to send everywhere what this is is taking very
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Should “blackness”...
sack bail life so I reached in hoping for thousands and instead God might not believe money and tissue I was like what is this some kind of joke then a guy sprang up from the backseat and choked
Video examples
How a wound heals itself...
the body sends special cells to fight any pathogens that may have gotten through. Among the most important of these are white blood cells, known as macrophages, which devour bacteria and damage tissue through a process known as phagocytosis, in addition to producing growth factors to spur healing. And because these tiny soldiers need to travel
Video examples
Seven Superpowered...
grow faster than the greenland shark all this slow and prolonged life history gives them the power of immortality kind of i mean compared to other vertebrates the greenland shark is actually thought to be the oldest living vertebrate species on the planet using radiocarbon dating on the tissues
Video examples
The three different ways...
Its placenta, a solid disk of blood-rich tissue, attaches to the wall of the uterus to support the developing embryo. The placenta is what keeps the calf alive during pregnancy. Directly connected to the mother's blood supply, it funnels nutrients and oxygen straight into the calf's body
Video examples
What happens when our...
depending on precisely which group of experts we asked. Now, it could happen much, much later, or sooner, the truth is nobody really knows. What we do know is that the ultimate limit to information processing in a machine substrate lies far outside the limits in biological tissue.
Video examples
How do glasses help us...
the layer of light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that works with the brain to give rise to vision. But many people develop refractive errors, either during childhood as their eyes are growing, or in later life as their eyes age. Imperfections in the cornea and lens
Video examples
What happens when you...
How dangerous are all those concussions? The answer is complicated, and lies in how the brain responds when something strikes it. The brain is made of soft fatty tissue, with a consistency something like jello. Inside its protective membranes and the skull's hard casing,
Video examples
Why do our bodies age? -...
a process that halts the cell cycle in times of risk, like when cancer cells are proliferating. But the response also kicks in more as we age, halting cell growth and cutting short their ability to replicate. Aging also involves stem cells that reside in many tissues
Video examples
What makes muscles grow?...
and along with connective tissue, they bind us together, hold us up, and help us move. And whether or not body building is your hobby, muscles need your constant attention because the way you treat them on a daily basis determines whether they will wither or grow.
Video examples
One Man’s Mission to...
propagate these things ensures the world ouvert our micro propagation in tissue culture lab the main goals for that was basically research and development on how to make a million trees to send everywhere what this is is taking very
Video examples
Should “blackness”...
sack bail life so I reached in hoping for thousands and instead God might not believe money and tissue I was like what is this some kind of joke then a guy sprang up from the backseat and choked
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Quote examples
Yossi Ghinsberg
Israeli Entertainer
You eat anything when you need energy to survive and there's nothing in your body, when you are becoming just bones and tissues and muscles and I don't wish those circumstances on anybody.
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Hulk Hogan
American Celebrity
If I do hit that rope and do a hop, skip and a jump and get up as high as I can, I'm just going to hold my breath, because I know i'm going to hear all kinds of scar tissue popping.
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Suzy Menkes
British Journalist
My clothes are fabulous - colourful, fun and by some very special designers. They deserve a better life than being sleeping beauties in a bed of tissue inside a trunk.
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Paul Nassif
Lebanese Celebrity
When a patient comes in for a face lift, I can get in there and lift up the deep tissue. But, one thing I cannot fix with surgery or these hands is the skin.
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Edith Wharton
American Author
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
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Wim Hof
Dutch Celebrity
Deep breathing changes the chemistry of the body by bringing oxygen into the tissue.
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Stephen Leacock
Canadian Economist
Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour.
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James J. Gibson
American Psychologist
A mechanical encounter or other energy-exchange may cause tissue damage.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
I have daddy issues. So I keep tissues on me at all times.
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Jeff Rich
American Explorer
Got an issue, get a tissue.
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Yossi Ghinsberg
Israeli Entertainer
You eat anything when you need energy to survive and there's nothing in your body, when you are becoming just bones and tissues and muscles and I don't wish those circumstances on anybody.
Quote examples
Hulk Hogan
American Celebrity
If I do hit that rope and do a hop, skip and a jump and get up as high as I can, I'm just going to hold my breath, because I know i'm going to hear all kinds of scar tissue popping.
Quote examples
Suzy Menkes
British Journalist
My clothes are fabulous - colourful, fun and by some very special designers. They deserve a better life than being sleeping beauties in a bed of tissue inside a trunk.
Quote examples
Paul Nassif
Lebanese Celebrity
When a patient comes in for a face lift, I can get in there and lift up the deep tissue. But, one thing I cannot fix with surgery or these hands is the skin.
Quote examples
Edith Wharton
American Author
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
Quote examples
Wim Hof
Dutch Celebrity
Deep breathing changes the chemistry of the body by bringing oxygen into the tissue.
Quote examples
Stephen Leacock
Canadian Economist
Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour.
Quote examples
James J. Gibson
American Psychologist
A mechanical encounter or other energy-exchange may cause tissue damage.
Quote examples
Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
I have daddy issues. So I keep tissues on me at all times.
Quote examples
Jeff Rich
American Explorer
Got an issue, get a tissue.
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