tissue
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪs.juː/
The English word “tissue” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
- A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
- A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
- Absorbent paper as material.
- A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to perform a specific job.
- Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
- The scratch sheet or racing form.
- A cigarette paper.
- Anything that is light, thin, and delicate.
verb
- To form tissue of; to interweave.
- To have the contents of an injection or intravenous drip leak into the tissue as a result of a ruptured or punctured vein.
Etymology
From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).
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