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tissue

[tish-oo, tis-yoo] / ˈtɪʃ u, ˈtɪs ju /








NOUN
tendon
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It also strengthens immune defences and repairs muscle tissue.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

NR4A1 is part of a group of nuclear receptors that help control gene activity when the body is exposed to stress or tissue damage.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

"I couldn't open my eyes, my oxygen saturation and blood pressure had dropped," she said, after developing an angioedema -- a swelling in the under-skin tissue -- from the medication she received.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

There hasn’t been a tissue or organ in the body where microplastics haven’t been found.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

I squirmed in my seat while Audrey remained fascinated by her used tissue.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

In testing, the new antenna strengthened signals from targeted tissues, increased spatial resolution, improved image sharpness, and accelerated data collection.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

"By better understanding this region and developing organoids that mimic its function, we hope to one day grow and transplant these tissues to restore vision."

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Plus, the surprising ways stress can affect your body, and why humans can regenerate some tissues better than you might think.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

In other footage, rescue workers wiped the boy's face with tissues and tucked him in with a blanket in an ambulance.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

“British royalty always carry crumpled tissues with them. They call them handkerchiefs.”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

So saying, he number’d carefully the gold, The vases, tripods bright, and tissued robes, 260 But nothing miss’d of all.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

A man's mother is so tissued and woven into his life and brain that he can no more describe her than describe the air and sunlight that bless his days.

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher

In rough magnificence array'd, When ancient Chivalry display'd The pomp of her heroic games, And crested chiefs and tissued dames Assembled, at the clarion's call, In some proud castle's high arch'd hall.

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir

Meanwhile we "cornered" and "tissued" and "laced" and "labeled."

From The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself by Richardson, Dorothy

“Her Maiestie doth straightly charge and command— “That none under the degree of a Countess wear: Cloth of gold or silver tissued; Silke of coulor purple.

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883




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