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tissue

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








NOUN
tendon
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BPC-157 and TB-500, a synthetic peptide fragment that in animal studies has been associated with wound healing and tissue repair, are a particularly popular pairing known as the “Wolverine stack.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

The following year, an X-ray revealed that Watanabe’s tailbone was fractured, and bone chips had become lodged in the surrounding soft tissue.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2026

It breaks the leather down into a fibre fluff, which is sprayed on to thin sheets of tissue paper.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

New preclinical research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reveals how fasting and beneficial microbes work together to activate the body's natural tissue repair mechanisms.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Under the microscope lens, Hooke saw that the tissue inside a cork tree was made up of rows of tiny, boxlike structures.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

To date, the vast majority of research on the six peptides now permitted for compounding has been in animals or individual cells and tissues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

At the start of the call, Chowdhury was coughing and waving tissues up to the camera in an attempt to show how ill he was.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

She told the jury that at the start of the call he was coughing a lot and waving tissues up to the camera.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

The findings suggest that strengthening the pathway might eventually help healthy tissues tolerate damaging conditions more effectively.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

“You’re better off without him,” I said as I handed her the box of tissues from the coffee table.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

Winged momentarily on bits of tissued flame, threaded with blood, the bats had flickered a secret to her.

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

Adorn'd with nature's brightest dyes, Whose gadding wing, and tissued plume, Allure so many wandering eyes.

From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by L. H. (Lydia Howard) Sigourney

The thoughts we think may be lasting, too, Though not inscribed on the azure blue; On the tissued walls of the soul's great dome, May be found those thoughts ne'er more to roam.

From Gleams of Sunshine Optimistic Poems by Joseph Horatio Chant

National industry did all in its power to surmount this ignominious condition; she specially turned her attention to the manufacture of silks and of stuffs tissued with gold and silver.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

In rough magnificence array'd, When ancient Chivalry display'd The pomp of her heroic games, And crested chiefs and tissued dames Assembled, at the clarion's call, In some proud castle's high arch'd hall.

From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott


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