'Tissue' definitions:
Definition of 'tissue'
(from WordNet)
noun
Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
noun
A soft thin (usually translucent) paper [syn: tissue, tissue paper]
verb
Create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles" [syn: weave, tissue]
Definition of 'Tissue'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Tissue'
From: GCIDE
- Tissue \Tis"sue\, n. [F. tissu, fr. tissu, p. p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See Text.]
- 1. A woven fabric. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. [1913 Webster]
- A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- In their glittering tissues bear emblazed Holy memorials. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood. [1913 Webster]
- Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion. --A. J. Balfour. [1913 Webster]
- Tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate articles, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tissue'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accumulation,
- all that lives,
- anatomy,
- arabesque,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- arrangement,
- basketry,
- basketwork,
- biosphere,
- biota,
- braiding,
- brawn,
- build,
- building,
- cancellation,
- chain,
- cloth,
- combination,
- composition,
- concatenation,
- conformation,
- conglomeration,
- constitution,
- construction,
- creation,
- cross-hatching,
- crossing-out,
- drapery,
- ecosphere,
- enlacement,
- entwinement,
- entwining,
- etoffe,
- fabric,
- fabrication,
- fashion,
- fashioning,
- felt,
- fiber,
- filigree,
- flesh,
- flora and fauna,
- forging,
- form,
- format,
- formation,
- frame,
- fret,
- fretwork,
- getup,
- goods,
- grate,
- grating,
- grid,
- gridiron,
- grille,
- grillwork,
- hachure,
- hatching,
- interknitting,
- interlacement,
- interlacery,
- interlacing,
- intertexture,
- interthreading,
- intertieing,
- intertwinement,
- intertwining,
- intertwisting,
- interweavement,
- interweaving,
- knitting,
- lace,
- lacery,
- lacework,
- lacing,
- lattice,
- latticework,
- living matter,
- living nature,
- make,
- makeup,
- making,
- manufacture,
- mass,
- material,
- mesh,
- meshes,
- meshwork,
- mold,
- molding,
- napery,
- net,
- netting,
- network,
- noosphere,
- organic matter,
- organic nature,
- organic structure,
- organism,
- organization,
- organized matter,
- pack,
- pattern,
- patterning,
- physique,
- pile,
- plaiting,
- plan,
- plasm,
- plexure,
- plexus,
- production,
- raddle,
- rag,
- reticle,
- reticulation,
- reticule,
- reticulum,
- riddle,
- screen,
- screening,
- series,
- setup,
- shape,
- shaping,
- sieve,
- silk,
- structure,
- structuring,
- stuff,
- tectonics,
- textile,
- textile fabric,
- texture,
- tissu,
- tracery,
- trellis,
- trelliswork,
- twining,
- twisting,
- warp and woof,
- warpage,
- wattle,
- weave,
- weaving,
- web,
- webbing,
- webwork,
- weft,
- weftage,
- wicker,
- wickerwork,
- woof,
- wool,
- wreathing
Words containing 'Tissue'
- Tissued,
- Tissuing,
- Carbon tissue,
- Cellular tissue,
- Conjunctive tissue,
- Connection tissue,
- Elastic tissue,
- Erectile tissue,
- Indifferent tissue,
- Mucous tissue,
- Tissue paper,
- Vascular tissue,
- Vasiform tissue,
- adipose tissue,
- animal tissue,
- areolar tissue,
- bathroom tissue,
- connective tissue,
- embryonic tissue,
- epithelial tissue,
- facial tissue,
- fatty tissue,
- fibrous tissue,
- granulation tissue,
- interstitial tissue,
- lymphatic tissue,
- lymphoid tissue,
- muscular tissue,
- nerve tissue,
- nervous tissue,
- osseous tissue,
- plant tissue,
- purkinje's tissue,
- scar tissue,
- tissue culture,
- tissue layer,
- tissue typing,
- toilet tissue,
- striated muscle tissue,
- tissue plasminogen activator