tissue

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A piece of soft, thin paper used for wiping your nose or face.

   She pulled a tissue from the box to wipe her eyes.

2. 2
   noun

   The group of similar cells that form a part of an animal or plant.

   The injury damaged the soft tissue around his knee.

From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).

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