tissue
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The patterns are so distinctive that researchers could identify where a brain tissue sample originated simply by examining its lipid composition.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
The previous grafted tissue was then removed and small implants were inserted to support the artificial ear.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Previously, plastic surgery had attempted to reconstruct "some semblance of an ear" using skin and tissue taken from other parts of his body, but the results could not replicate the shape of a natural ear.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The surgery to remove a pulmonary nodule, a small growth of tissue in the lung, will mark the pope's first hospitalisation since he became head of the 1.4 billion Catholics on May 8, 2025.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
I wrapped it up in green tissue paper, tied a bright blue grosgrain ribbon in a bow around it, and slid it into a Fabric Barn bag.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
The Mayo Clinic says a subarachnoid hemorrhage is a type of stroke that involves bleeding in the space between the brain and the tissues that cover the brain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Instead, different tissues follow their own developmental timelines.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
The team observed fluid moving from the back of the eye into the surrounding orbital tissues, which occupy the space around the eyeball.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
This constant activity produces metabolic byproducts that must be removed to keep the surrounding tissues functioning properly.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Dr. Williams handed her a box of tissues.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Was it only a glamour, tissued of myth and of legend, that lay on the face of the waters, dazzling her eyes?
From The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
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
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
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
Does she steer the tissued clouds "with radiant feet," or does she steer herself down the tissued clouds?
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing tissue
Cell Biology - Middle School
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Cell Biology - High School
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Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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