See Also: tissue(1)(dictionary)
TISSUE(medicine)
tissue(dictionary)
Tissue(health)
tissue(2)(dictionary)
tissue embedding(medicine)
tissue basophil(medicine)
tissue culture(medicine)
tissue factor(medicine)
tissue displaceability(medicine)

tissue (oh)




[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: tissu 'fine cloth', from tistre 'to weave', from Latin texere; TEXT]
[C] a piece of soft thin paper, used especially for blowing your nose on
::a box of tissues
[U] also tissue paper
light thin paper used for wrapping, packing etc
[U] the material forming animal or plant cells
lung/brain etc tissue
a tissue of lies
BrE a story or account that is completely untrue