From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Daily life, Biologytissuetis‧sue /ˈtɪʃuː, -sjuː $ -ʃuː/●くろまる●くろまる●くろまるS2 noun1
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[countable]DHC a piece of softthin paper, used especially for blowing your nose ona box of tissues2[uncountable] (also tissue paper)D light thin paper used for wrapping, packing etc3[uncountable]HB the material forming animal or plant cellslung/brain etc tissue4 →a tissue of liesExamples from the Corpustissue• His estranged wife, Martha, dabbed at her eyes with a tissue and later huggedjurors in the hallway.• Meanwhile, studies published in the WesternJournal of Medicine found no evidencelinkingimplants with connectivetissuediseases.• Femfresh are individually wrapped, mildly fragrant, moisttissues.• The stairs were brushed, but pocked with scraps of eggshell and solidifiedtissues.• Changes consisted in the tissue becoming larger or smaller, thicker or thinner, more or less refractive.• A day later, the tissue was inserted between stomachmuscles, just above the bellybutton, where bloodsupply is plentiful.• The Laboulbeniales are ectoparasites - most of their tissue remains outside the host - and only superficially penetrate into the host.lung/brain etc tissue• Over years, the prions relentlessly multiply, clumping together in brain tissue until the damage becomes apparent.• Normallung tissue and that from patients with focal fibrosis expressed very little ET-1.• A biopsy of brain tissuedetected the presence of toxoplasmosis, which is relatively harmless in people with normally functioningimmune systems.• So small volumes of lung tissue are exposed to high doses of alpharadiation.• But once converted into prions, they turn deadly, destroying the brain tissue.• To be sure, scientists have created disease by inoculating animals with brain tissue from infected animals.Origintissue(1300-1400)Old Frenchtissu"fine cloth", from tistre"to weave", from Latintexere; → TEXT