tissue : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
  adipose tissue; fat.
  
  • fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold

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• (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat.

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• noun the tissue in the bodies of animals
  

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• noun fibrous connective tissue with the fibers arranged in a mesh or net
  

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• noun a soft thin absorbent paper for use in toilets
  toilet paper; bathroom tissue.
  

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• paper coated with gelatine and pigment, used in the autotype process of photography. Abney.

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• . (a) (Anat.) See conjunctive tissue under Conjunctive. (b) (Bot.) Tissue composed entirely of parenchyma, and having no woody fiber or ducts.

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• (Anat.), the tissue found in nearly all parts of most animals. It yields gelatin on boiling, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; called also cellular tissue and connective tissue. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.

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• (Anat.) See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive.

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• noun tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments
  

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• noun connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments
  

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• (Anat.), a variety of connective tissue consisting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies.

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• noun tissue in an embryo
  

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• noun membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body
  epithelium.
  

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• noun vascular tissue capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid
  

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• (Anat.), a tissue which is capable of being greatly dilated and made rigid by the distension of the numerous blood vessels which it contains.

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• noun tissue paper suitable for use on the face
  

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• noun a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
  adipose tissue; fat.
  
  • fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold

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• noun tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants
  

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• a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread.

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• noun new connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process
  granulation.
  

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• (Anat.), the primitive, embryonic, undifferentiated tissue, before conversion into connective, muscular, nervous, or other definite tissue.

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• noun tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal
  

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• noun tissue making up the lymphatic system
  lymphatic tissue.
  

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• noun tissue making up the lymphatic system
  lymphatic tissue.
  

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• (Anat.), a form of connective tissue in an early stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tumors called myxomata.

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• noun animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
  muscle.
  

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• noun tissue composed of neurons
  nerve tissue.
  

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• noun tissue composed of neurons
  nerve tissue.
  

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• noun the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
  bone.
  

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• noun the tissue of a plant
  

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• noun a network of Purkinje fibers that carry the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles of the heart and causes them to contract
  Purkinje's system; Purkinje network.
  

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• (Anat.), a form of fibrous connective tissue in which the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous spaces, or areolæ, between them.

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• noun the connective tissue that forms a scar; consists of fibroblasts in new scars and collagen fibers in old scars
  

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• noun muscle tissue characterized by transverse stripes
  

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• noun a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
  membrane.
  

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• noun a soft thin (usually translucent) paper
  tissue.
  

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• very thin, gauzelike paper, used for protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate articles, etc.

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• noun a thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot; used in treating acute myocardial infarction
  Activase.
  

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• noun a series of diagnostic tests before an organ transplant to determine whether the tissues of a donor and recipient are compatible
  

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• noun a soft thin absorbent paper for use in toilets
  toilet paper; bathroom tissue.
  

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• noun tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
  

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• (Bot.), vegetable tissue composed partly of ducts, or sap tubes.

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• (Bot.), tissue containing vessels, or ducts.

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