n :  an aggregate of cells usu. of a particular kind together with their intercellular substance that form one of the structural materials of a plant or an animal and that in animals include connective tissue, epithelium, muscle tissue, and nerve tissue .
 
  chiefly Brit   
 
Similar sounding terms:  DDS  DES  di·azo  di·ose 
 
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