tissue

IPA: tˈɪsju

Thin, woven, gauze-like 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.
(biology) A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.
Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
(horse racing, slang) The scratch sheet or racing form.

Examples of "tissue" in Sentences

The tissue is osseous.
It leads to the recovery of the tissue.
Plant cells are tessellated to form tissues.
The target tissue is the epithelial cells in the lung.
Fibrotic tissue may predispose the tissue to ulceration.
Leucine is utilized in the liver, adipose tissue, and muscle tissue.
The best known function of tissue factor is its role in blood coagulation.
Histogenesis is the formation of different tissues from undifferentiated cells.
Cancer cells which are immortal invade the surrounding tissue, and make it unfunctional.
Osseous tissue, or bone tissue, is the major structural and supportive connective tissue of the body.