different between tissue vs adenocarcinoma

English

Etymology

From Middle English tyssew, from Old French tissu, past participle of tistre, from Latin texere.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?sju?/, /?t??u/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??u/
• Rhymes: -?sju?, -??u?
• Hyphenation: tis?sue

Noun

tissue (countable and uncountable, plural tissues)

1. Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
2. A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
3. A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
4. Absorbent paper as material.
5. (biology) A group of cells similar in origin that function together to do a specific job.
   • 2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, "Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy:

     What they lack is outermost brain tissue that, at least in humans, prompts awareness and interpretation.

6. Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
   • 1888, A. J. Balfour, The Religion of Humanity:

     unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion

7. (horse racing, slang) The scratch sheet or racing form.
   • 2016, Gerald Hammond, The Language of Horse Racing:

     Pricing the first show is a matter of the bookmaker's individual judgment, relying upon advice from all quarters, particularly the tissue; but very soon in the betting exchanges it becomes clear that the sole criterion for the fixing of a horse's price is demand.

Translations

Derived terms

• tissue committee

Verb

tissue (third-person singular simple present tissues, present participle tissuing, simple past and past participle tissued)

1. To form tissue of; to interweave.

Anagrams

• Eustis, suites

Middle English

Noun

tissue

1. Alternative form of tyssew

English

Etymology

From adeno- +? carcinoma.

Noun

adenocarcinoma (plural adenocarcinomas or adenocarcinomata)

1. (oncology) Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue

Related terms

• adenocarcinomal
• adenocarcinomic

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From adeno- +? carcinoma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.de.no.kar.t??i?no.ma/
• Hyphenation: a?de?no?car?ci?nò?ma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomi)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma

Further reading

• adenocarcinoma in Grandi Dizionari
• adenocarcinoma in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• adenocarcinoma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
• adenocarcinoma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From adeno- +? carcinoma.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?den?k??si?nom?/
• Hyphenation: a?de?no?car?ci?no?ma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomas)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma (any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue)

Further reading

• “adenocarcinoma” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From adeno- +? carcinoma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /adenoka??i?noma/, [a.ð?e.no.ka?.?i?no.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /adenoka?si?noma/, [a.ð?e.no.ka?.si?no.ma]
• Hyphenation: a?de?no?car?ci?no?ma
• Rhymes: -oma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomas)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma

Further reading

• “adenocarcinoma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.