tissue

  • 31tissue — [ tɪʃu:, tɪsju:] noun 1》 any of the distinct types of material of which animals or plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products. 2》 tissue paper.     ↘a piece of absorbent paper, used especially as a disposable handkerchief …

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  • 32tissue — noun 1) living tissue Syn: matter, material, substance; flesh 2) a box of tissues Syn: facial tissue; trademark Kleenex …

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  • 33tissue — n. a collection of cells specialized to perform a particular function. The cells may be of the same type (e.g. in nervous tissue) or of different types (e.g. in connective tissue). Aggregations of tissues constitute organs …

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  • 34tissue —    A a a.     Tissue paper, pepa lahilahi.     Cleaning tissue, hainakā pepa …

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  • 35tissue — {{#}}{{LM SynT38862}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE T37916}}{{\}}{{CLAVE}}{{/}}{{\}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS:{{/}} {{[}}tissue{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} = pañuelo de papel {{#}}{{LM T37916}}{{〓}} {{SynT38862}}{{\}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS{{/}}… …

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  • 36tissue — [14] Tissue is etymologically ‘woven’ cloth. The word was borrowed from Old French tissu ‘fine woven cloth’, which was a noun use of the past participle of tistre ‘weave’. This in turn was descended from Latin texere ‘weave’ (source of English… …

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  • 37tissue — n. [F. tissu, tissue] A layer or group of cells of a particular type, or at most a few types, with intercellular material of essentially a particular type …

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  • 38tissue — noun /ˈtɪʃu/ a) Thin, woven, gauze like fabric. But it is similarly necessary that flesh and each of the other tissues should be the ratio of its elements, or that not one of them should; b) A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made …

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  • 39tissue — tis·sue || tɪʃuː; tɪsjuː n. aggregate of cells of a particular kind; absorbent tissue paper for use as a handkerchief; fabric; fine lightweight paper …

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  • 40tissue — n 1. gause, gossamer, chiffon, Georgette, crepe de Chine, silk, faille; mesh, net, netting, lace, webbing; fabric, cloth, textile. 2. web, network, reticulation, plexus, nexus; interweaving, combination, assemblage, collection, set, accumulation …

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