tissue · Contextualize

Etymology

From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).

derived from texō — “to weave”
derived from tissu — “woven”
inherited from tissu

Definitions

1
Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
- The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.
2
A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.
A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
- A Robe of Tiſſue, ſtiff with golden Wire; / An upper Veſt, once Hellen’s rich Attire; [...]
- In their glittering tissues bear emblazed / Holy memorials.
- Corinius went on the right, wearing a rich cloak of sky-blue tissue over his shining armour.
A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper,…
A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
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1. Absorbent paper as material.
2. 5
  A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in…
  A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.
  - What they lack is outermost brain tissue that, at least in humans, prompts awareness and interpretation.
3. 6
  Web
  Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
  - a tissue of forgeries, or of lies
  - unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion
4. The scratch sheet or racing form.
5. 8
  To form tissue of
  To form tissue of; to interweave.
  - The Chariot was couered with Cloth of Gold tiſſued vpon blew.

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Derived

adipose tissue, antitissue, bathroom tissue, bath tissue, biotissue, bone tissue, cloth of tissue, conjunctive tissue, connective tissue, epithelial tissue, facial tissue, granulation tissue, ground tissue, intertissue, intratissue, Japanese tissue, living tissue, macrotissue, mesenchymal tissue, microtissue, mixed connective tissue disease, multitissue, neotissue, nervous tissue, nontissue, osseous tissue, palisade tissue, scar tissue, soft tissue, subtissue, tissue committee, tissue culture, tissue engineering, tissue equivalent material, tissue factor, tissueless, tissuelike, tissue paper, tissue typing, tissuey · +2 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tissue. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at tissue. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at tissue

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.