Definition of tissue

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Tissue (n.) 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..

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Lymphangial :: Lymphangial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic..
Cytogenous :: Cytogenous (a.) Producing cells; -- applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid, tissue..
Oedema :: Oedema (n.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To grow or spread over; to affect injuriously and progressively; as, gangrene invades healthy tissue..
Amylobacter :: Amylobacter (n.) A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.
Conductive :: Conductive (a.) Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil..
Thrombus :: Thrombus (n.) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Hypoxanthin :: Hypoxanthin (n.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin..
Lipoma :: Lipoma (n.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness..
Eburnation :: Eburnation (n.) A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory..
Podophyllous :: Podophyllous (a.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of laminae, beneath a horse's hoof..
Histogenesis :: Histogenesis (n.) The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis.
Parenchymous :: Parenchymous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration..
Stromatic :: Stroma (n.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia..
Element :: Element (n.) One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed..
Emphysema :: Emphysema (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.
Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; as, a cider mill; a cane mill..
Syncytium :: Syncytium (n.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle..
Ossified :: Ossified (a.) Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
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