groups of cells that work together to perform specific functions in living organisms
from Old French tissu 'woven cloth', past participle of tistre 'to weave', from Latin texere
Tissues are literally 'woven' together - just like fabric! Early scientists saw how cells interlock and thought it looked exactly like threads in cloth, so they borrowed the textile term.
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