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See also:TISSUE (Fr. tissu, tissue, participle of tisser, See also:Lat. texere, to weave) , properly the name of a See also:fine textile fabric interwoven with See also:gold and See also:silver threads, hence used of any delicate or gauzy fabric (see GOLD AND SILVER See also:THREAD) . It Was also See also:early applied, as in See also:French, to a ribbon, See also:fillet or various forms of See also:woven ligaments . In See also:biology the word is of See also:general use for an aggregate of cells forming a texture or fabric; in See also:animal See also:anatomy it is thus applied to the See also:primary layers of which the parts are composed, and named by some qualifying word denoting its substance or its use (see CONNECTIVE See also:TISSUE and See also:EPITHELIAL, ENDOTHELIAL AND GLANDULAR TISSUE) . |
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