tissue engineering — ▪ biology scientific field concerned with the development of biological substitutes capable of replacing diseased or damaged tissue in humans. The term tissue engineering was introduced in the late 1980s. By the early 1990s the concept of… … Universalium
tissue paper — UK US noun [U] (also tissue) COMMERCE ► very thin paper used for wrapping goods that can easily be broken or damaged: »The items are individually wrapped in tissue paper and packed in straw … Financial and business terms
Tissue engineering — Principle of tissue engineering Tissue engineering was once categorized as a sub field of bio materials, but having grown in scope and importance it can be considered as a field in its own right. It is the use of a combination of cells,… … Wikipedia
tissue — 01. Do you have a [tissue]? I need to blow my nose. 02. He didn t break his leg when he fell out of the tree, but he did some serious damage to the [tissue] around the bones in his ankle. 03. After injuring his shoulder repeatedly, scar [tissue]… … Grammatical examples in English
Tissue factor — Coagulation factor III (thromboplastin, tissue factor) PDB rendering based on 1ahw … Wikipedia
tissue — noun 1 organic material ADJECTIVE ▪ living ▪ healthy, normal ▪ Vitamin C helps maintain healthy tissue. ▪ damaged, diseased … Collocations dictionary
tissue — [[t]tɪ̱ʃuː, tɪ̱sjuː[/t]] ♦♦♦ tissues 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl In animals and plants, tissue consists of cells that are similar to each other in appearance and that have the same function. As we age we lose muscle tissue... Athletes have hardly… … English dictionary
tissue engineering — a branch of regenerative medicine that applies the methods and principles of engineering to gain an understanding of the relationship between structure and function in normal and pathological tissue and to develop substitutes for pathological,… … Medical dictionary
damaged — adj. Damaged is used with these nouns: ↑nerve, ↑skin, ↑tendon, ↑tile, ↑tissue, ↑wing … Collocations dictionary
Granulation tissue — Not to be confused with Granuloma. Proud flesh redirects here. For other uses, see Proud Flesh (disambiguation). Granulation tissue is the perfused, fibrous connective tissue that replaces a fibrin clot in healing wounds. Granulation tissue… … Wikipedia
Oral mucosa tissue engineering — Tissue engineering of oral mucosa combines cells, materials and engineering to produce a three dimensional reconstruction of oral mucosa. It is meant to simulate the real anatomical structure and function of oral mucosa. Tissue engineered oral… … Wikipedia