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Sinew :: Sinew (n.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.

Necrotic :: Necrotic (a.) Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue; characterized by, or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process..

Tissue :: Tissue (n.) A woven fabric.

Ossein :: Ossein (n.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen..

Hygroscopicity :: Hygroscopicity (n.) The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.

Fat :: Fat (n.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose..

Gonad :: Gonad (n.) One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland..

Slough :: Slough (v. i.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly..

Sclerenchyma :: Sclerenchyma (n.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic..

Assimilate :: Assimilate (v. t.) To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue..

Lacuna :: Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane..

Histographer :: Histographer (n.) One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.

Osteogen :: Osteogen (n.) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification..

Marrow :: Marrow (n.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color..

Excitant :: Excitant (n.) An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant..

Pinenchyma :: Pinenchyma (n.) Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis..

Mesogl/a :: Mesogl/a (n.) A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and endoderm in certain coelenterates.

Perinephritis :: Perinephritis (n.) Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney.

Trocar :: Trocar (n.) A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy..

Gum :: Gum (n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws..

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