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tissue

noun as in cloth

noun as in cobweb

noun as in fiber

noun as in grain

noun as in lace

noun as in muscle

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Weak match

noun as in paper

noun as in tendon

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Example Sentences

That means there’s a risk of T-cells targeting the wrong cells and causing serious damage to healthy tissue.

The tissue, which carries genes for color spliced in by scientists at Australia’s scientific research agency, CSIRO, is only the first step, but it’s a promising one.

As light enters our eyes, it first heads through a tough outer tissue called the cornea.

Certain environments can provide the right conditions to preserve soft tissues, she says.

Building new tissue isn’t the only thing the technology can do.

Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.

She dabbed them with a tissue and continued without ceremony.

Among them were some horrifying images of severe damage to nasal tissue caused by a child lodging a button battery in her nose.

They can corrode through whatever human tissue they contact if swallowed or stuck into an orifice, sometimes in a matter of hours.

Must both ovarian and testicular tissue be present for a person to be “counted”?

A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

Even slight familiarity with the microscopic structure of vegetable tissue will prevent the chagrin of such errors.

They robed her in white with a thin lining-edge of crimson, and threw over her shining hair a veil of tissue.

There are acids that completely dissolve bone tissue and even clothing but circumstances usually reveal these crimes.

Upon such a tissue of conjectural absurdities the wonderful opinion of the immortality of the soul is built.

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On this page you'll find 243 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tissue, such as: cotton, goods, material, stuff, bolt, and calico.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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