tissue

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• IPA: /ˈtɪsju/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈtɪʃu/

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Noun

tissue (plural tissues)

1. Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
2. A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
3. Absorbent paper as material.
4. (biology) A group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job
   • 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 10.

     But it is similarly necessary that flesh and each of the other tissues should be the ratio of its elements, or that not one of them should;

Translations

woven fabric

Catalan: teixit (ca) m. Danish: stof (da) Dutch: weefsel (nl) n. Finnish: harsokangas, harsokudos French: tissu (fr) m. German: Gewebe (de) n. Greek: ύφασμα [ˈifaˌzma] n., πλέγμα [ˈple̞ɣma] n., ορμαθός [o̞rmaˈθo̞s] m. Hebrew: רקמה (he) f.

Ido: texajo (io) m. Italian: tessuto (it) Japanese: 織物 (ja) (おりもの, orimono) Latin: textus (la) Portuguese: tecido (pt) m. Romanian: batistă f., șervețel n. Slovene: robec (sl) m. Spanish: tejido (es) m.

sheet of absorbent paper

Arabic: مندل (ar) (mandal) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 面巾紙 (cmn), 面巾纸 (cmn) (miànjīnzhǐ), 紙巾 (cmn), 纸巾 (cmn) (zhǐjīn) Danish: serviet (da), (handkerchief) lommetørklæde (da), (toilet paper) toiletpapir (da) Dutch: zakdoek m., papieren zakdoekje n., tissue m. Finnish: paperiliina, (handkerchief) paperinenäliina, (sheet of toilet paper) vessapaperiarkki French: tissu (fr) m. German: Papier n., Tuch n., Toilettenpapier n. (toilet paper), Taschentuch n. (handkerchief)

Greek: χαρτί [xarˈti] n. Hebrew: טישו m., נייר סופג m. Japanese: ティッシュペーパー (ja) (tisshu pēpā) Persian: دستمال (fa) (dastmal) Polish: chusteczka higieniczna f., chusteczka f. Portuguese: lenço de papel (pt) Slovene: robec m., robček m. Spanish: tejido (es) m. Swedish: näsduk (sv) c. Tamil: மெல்லிழுப்புத்தாள் (mellizhuppuththaaL)

paper material

Finnish: pehmopaperi (fi)

Portuguese: papel absorvente m.

aggregation of cells

Azerbaijani: toxuma Basque: ehun (eu) Catalan: teixit (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 組織 (cmn), 组织 (cmn) (zǔzhī) Czech: tkáň (cs) f. Danish: væv (da) n. Dutch: weefsel (nl) n. Esperanto: histo (eo) Finnish: kudos (fi), solukko (fi) French: tissu (fr) m. German: Gewebe (de) n. Greek: ιστός [iˈsto̞s] m. Hebrew: רקמה f. Hindi: ऊतक (hi) (ūtak) m.

Icelandic: vefur (is) m. Italian: tessuto (it) m. Japanese: 組織 (ja) (そしき, soshiki) Persian: بافت (baaft) Polish: tkanka (pl) f. Portuguese: tecido (pt) m. Romanian: țesut n. Russian: ткань (ru) f. Scottish Gaelic: maothran (gd) m. Serbian: ткиво (sr) (tkivo) n. Slovene: tkivo (sl) n. Spanish: tejido (es) m. Swedish: vävnad (sv) c. Turkish: doku (tr)

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