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Transformation :: Transformation (n.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis..

Absorption :: Absorption (n.) In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs..

Muriform :: Muriform (a.) Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue..

Periosteum :: Periosteum (n.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.

Extravascular :: Extravascular (a.) Outside the vessels; -- said of the substance of all the tissues.

Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle..

Anaplasty :: Anaplasty (n.) The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.

Amylobacter :: Amylobacter (n.) A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.

Suety :: Suet (n.) The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow..

Emphysema :: Emphysema (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.

Endomysium :: Endomysium (n.) The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.

Pinenchyma :: Pinenchyma (n.) Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis..

Conductive :: Conductive (a.) Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil..

Histotomy :: Histotomy (n.) The dissection of organic tissues.

Contractile :: Contractile (a.) tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues..

Coenoecium :: Coenoecium (n.) The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.

Anasarca :: Anasarca (n.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin..

Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; as, a cider mill; a cane mill..

Urachus :: Urachus (n.) A cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder to the umbilicus.

Hypoxanthin :: Hypoxanthin (n.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin..

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