different between tissue vs resection

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

Noun

resection (plural resections)

1. (medicine) The surgical excision of part or all of a tissue or organ.
2. (surveying) A method of determining a position by using a map and compass bearings for two additional points.
3. A section of a tire that has had worn tread replaced.

Derived terms

Related terms

• resectoscope

Translations

Verb

resection (third-person singular simple present resections, present participle resectioning, simple past and past participle resectioned)

1. (medicine) To excise part or all of a tissue or organ.
2. (surveying) To determine positions using compass bearings based on three or more known positions.
3. (digital image processing) To estimate a camera projection matrix from known position data and image entities.
4. To redivide into new sections.
5. (education) To transfer students into new class groupings or grade levels.
6. (civil engineering) To deepen or widen a river or other natural watercourse for flood control, land drainage, or navigation.
7. (civil engineering, chiefly India) To remove material from the surface of a road in order to achieve a uniform thickness.
8. To thinly slice a specimen as part of its preparation, such as when preparing a microscope slide.
9. To replace a worn section of tire with new tread.
10. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To readmit involuntarily into a mental hospital.

Anagrams

• erections, isocenter, isocentre, necrotise, neoterics, secretion, tricosene