Tissue
tissue Audio
tis·sue [ tish-oo, tis-yoo ]
Subclass of:
Anatomy (MeSH Category)
Etymology:
Latin texere = to weave; later French tissu = something woven
Definitions related to body tissue:
  • (tissue) A group of cells that are specialized to do a certain job and are joined together to form a body structure, such as muscle or kidney.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • (tissue) A group or layer of cells that work together to perform a specific function.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (tissue) An anatomical structure consisting of similarly specialized cells and intercellular matrix, aggregated according to genetically determined spatial relationships, performing a specific function.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (tissue) Collections of cells organized in a cooperative arrangement for the purpose of performing a particular function.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (tissue) Organ part, which is uncountable and consists of similarly specialized cells and intercellular matrix, aggregated according to genetically determined spatial relationships; together with other tissues, it constitutes an organ component. Examples: epithelium, muscle (tissue), connective tissue, neural tissue, lymphoid tissue.
    Digital Anatomist
    University of Washington, 2003
  • (tissues) Collections of differentiated CELLS, such as EPITHELIUM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; MUSCLES; and NERVE TISSUE. Tissues are cooperatively arranged to form organs with specialized functions such as RESPIRATION; DIGESTION; REPRODUCTION; MOVEMENT; and others.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (portion of tissue) Anatomical structure, each instance of which has as its parts some cells of predominantly one type with or without intercellular matrix. Examples: portion of epithelium, portion of muscle tissue, portion of connective tissue, portion of neural tissue.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • Tissue, in physiology, a level of organization in multicellular organisms; it consists of a group of structurally and functionally similar cells and their intercellular material. By definition, tissues are absent from unicellular organisms. Even among the simplest multicellular species, such as...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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