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tissue

tis.sue \'tish-(.)u:, 'tish-*-w, chiefly Brit 'tis-(.)yu:\ n [ME tissu, a 
   rich fabric, fr. OF, fr. pp. of tistre to weave, fr. L] texere - more at 
   TECHNICAL 1a: a fine lightweight often sheer fabric  1b: an intricate 
   number of things  2: a piece of soft absorbent tissue paper used esp. as a 
   handkerchief or fo r removing cosmetics 3: an aggregate of cells usu. of a 
   particular kind together with their inte rcellular substance that form one 
   of the structural materials of a plant or an animal