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biotissue

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English

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Etymology

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From bio- +‎ tissue.

Noun

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biotissue (plural biotissues)

  1. biological tissue.
    Hypernym: biomatter
    Coordinate term: biomaterial
    Meronym: biomatter
    • 2015 August 2, J.-F. Stoltz et al., “Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Myth or Reality of the 21th Century”, in Stem Cells International[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      In particular, the impact of the biomaterial used remains to be defined; grafting (biotissue can be introduced via direct cell implantation (cell therapy), biotissue transplantation, or gene therapy); risk of teratogenic effect and of immune reaction (i.e., in the umbilical cord cells the immune risk being weaker); religious and legal issues with respect to the different country regulations.