Found 3 items, similar to Tissue.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: tissue jaringan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tissue tissue n 1: a part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function 2: a soft thin (usually translucent) paper [syn: tissue paper] tissue v : create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; “tissue textiles” [syn: weave]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tissue Tissue \Tis"sue\, n. [F. tissu, fr. tissu, p. p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See Text.] 1. A woven fabric. [1913 Webster] 2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. [1913 Webster] A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] In their glittering tissues bear emblazed Holy memorials. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. (Biol.) One of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue. [1913 Webster] Note: The term tissue is also often applied in a wider sense to all the materials or elementary tissues, differing in structure and function, which go to make up an organ; as, vascular tissue, tegumentary tissue, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood. [1913 Webster] Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion. --A. J. Balfour. [1913 Webster] Tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate articles, etc. [1913 Webster] Tissue \Tis"sue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tissued; p. pr. & vb. n. Tissuing.] To form tissue of; to interweave. [1913 Webster] Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]