tissues Definition

a piece of soft absorbent tissue paper used especially as a handkerchief or for removing cosmetics

an aggregate of cells usually of a particular kind together with their intercellular substance that form one of the structural materials of a plant or an animal

a fine lightweight often sheer fabric

connective tissue in which fat is stored and which has the cells distended by droplets of fat

toilet paper

a tissue of mesodermal origin that consists of various cells (such as fibroblasts and macrophages) and interlacing protein fibers (as of collagen) embedded in a chiefly carbohydrate ground substance, that supports, ensheathes, and binds together other tissues, and that includes loose and dense forms (such as adipose tissue, tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses) and specialized forms (such as cartilage and bone)

tissue made up of granulations that temporarily replaces lost tissue in a wound

plant tissue that has completed its growth and differentiation and is usually incapable of meristematic activity

the connective tissue forming a scar and composed chiefly of fibroblasts in recent scars and largely of dense collagenous fibers in old scars

plant tissue concerned mainly with conduction; especially : the specialized tissue of higher plants consisting essentially of phloem and xylem