different between tissue vs transfixion

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

transfixion (countable and uncountable, plural transfixions)

1. (surgery) In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.