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Meaning of tissue | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. A large collection of similar cells that together perform a specific function in an organism. The organs of the body and the parts of a plant are composed of many different kinds of tissues.
  2. An interwoven or interrelated number of things:network, web.
  3. very thin paper, used for packing, wrapping etc. sneespapier وَرَق ناعِم тънка мека хартия за опаковка papel de seda hedvábný papír das Seidenpapier silkepapir λεπτό χαρτί, τσιγαρόχαρτο papel de seda siidpaber کاغذ نازک silkkipaperi papier de soie נְייָר דַק וְרַך पतला कागज, मुलायम कागज svileni papir, papir za umatanje selyempapír kertas tipis silkipappír carta velina 薄葉紙 박엽지(薄葉紙), 티슈 페이퍼 šilkinis/rūkomasis popierius zīdpapīrs kertas tisu vloeipapiersilkepapir bibułka papel de seda hârtie de ...
    etc
  4. tejido, grupo de células similares de función determinada unidas por una sustancia intercelular que actúan conjuntamente. .
  5. A fine, very thin fabric, such as gauze.
  6. Tissue paper.
  7. A soft, absorbent piece of paper used as toilet paper, a handkerchief, or a towel.
  8. An interwoven or interrelated number of things; a web; a network: "The text is a tissue of mocking echoes" (Richard M. Kain).
  9. Biology An aggregation of morphologically similar cells and associated intercellular matter acting together to perform one or more specific functions in an organism. There are four basic types of tissue in many animals: muscle, nerve, epidermal, and connective.
    Biology
  10. (Biology) a part of an organism consisting of a large number of cells having a similar structure and function: connective tissue; nerve tissue.

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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