tissue

  • 11tissue — (ingl.; pronunc. [tisú]) m. Pieza de papel absorbente y suave usada como pañuelo o toalla desechables …

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  • 12tissue — (izg. tìsju) m DEFINICIJA mekani papir za proizvodnju papirnatih maramica, ubrusa i sl. ETIMOLOGIJA engl …

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  • 13tissue — should be pronounced tish oo rather than tis yoo …

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  • 14tissue — tissual, adj. tissuey, adj. /tish ooh/ or, esp. Brit., /tis yooh/, n., v., tissued, tissuing. n. 1. Biol. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular… …

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  • 15tissue — 01. Do you have a [tissue]? I need to blow my nose. 02. He didn t break his leg when he fell out of the tree, but he did some serious damage to the [tissue] around the bones in his ankle. 03. After injuring his shoulder repeatedly, scar [tissue]… …

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  • 16Tissue — A tissue in medicine is not like a piece of tissue paper. It is a broad term that is applied to any group of cells that perform specific functions. A tissue in medicine need not form a layer. Thus, The bone marrow is a tissue; Connective tissue… …

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  • 17tissue — noun 1 organic material ADJECTIVE ▪ living ▪ healthy, normal ▪ Vitamin C helps maintain healthy tissue. ▪ damaged, diseased …

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  • 18tissue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gauze, fabric, web, net, mesh; membrane, cartilage, muscle; tissue or crepe paper; structure. See crossing, texture. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A network] Syn. web, mesh, filigree, crossing, parcel,… …

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  • 19tissue — n. structural material 1) cellular; conjunctival; connective; fatty; granulation; muscular; scar tissue soft paper 2) cleansing; toilet tissue misc. 3) a tissue of lies * * * [ tɪʃuː] conjunctival connective fatty granulation muscular scar tissue …

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  • 20tissue — [[t]tɪ̱ʃuː, tɪ̱sjuː[/t]] ♦♦♦ tissues 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl In animals and plants, tissue consists of cells that are similar to each other in appearance and that have the same function. As we age we lose muscle tissue... Athletes have hardly… …

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