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tissue

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








NOUN
tendon
Synonyms




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The amount of the protein rises and falls as the cells shift between rest, tissue repair, and self-renewal, suggesting that TRF2 helps organize the regeneration process.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

It also suggests that scientists could potentially protect muscle tissue by targeting the immune pathway while leaving the cholesterol-lowering effects of statins intact.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

According to the study, obesity raises the amount of these molecules in body tissue.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

A diagnosis of CTE requires evidence of degeneration of brain tissue that can only be seen during an autopsy.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

On the screen, Mamá was crying and blowing her nose with a tissue.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Determining how muscle stem cells use TRF2 differently from cells in other tissues could eventually help researchers stimulate tissue repair without also raising the risk of cancer.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

Awuche was eventually diagnosed with Marfan syndrome, which affects the body's connective tissues.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Ed Lee is an Orlando-based endocrinologist who is hopeful for compounding approvals, especially for BPC-157, which is popular in the wellness community for its purported ability to repair tissues, including muscles and ligaments.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

The research focused on laboratory-grown brain tissues called organoids.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Poe holds out a pack of tissues, and I stretch to grab them, frowning in confusion.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Was it only a glamour, tissued of myth and of legend, that lay on the face of the waters, dazzling her eyes?

From The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.

Yea, everything ran with sunshine, as we are full of blood, and plants are tissued from green-gold, glistening sap.

From The Trespasser by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

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

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

I consider the following lines as strictly copied by Thomas Warton: The daring artist Explored the pangs that rend the royal breast, Those wounds that lurk beneath the tissued vest.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac




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