🧬 Like body tissue 🪶 Thin and delicate

tissue-like

4.2

Having the feel and look of soft body parts like skin or muscle

adjective
/ˈtɪʃuˌlaɪk/

: similar a tejido

The scientist developed a tissue-like material for use in medical implants.

Examples

Engineers are studying tissue-like structures to create more flexible robotics.
Its tissue-like consistency makes the fabric comfortable to wear for long periods.
This fabric feels tissue-like.
The tissue-like material felt soft against my skin.
The scientist developed a tissue-like material for use in medical implants.
Its tissue-like consistency makes the fabric comfortable to wear for long periods.
The tissue-like material felt soft against my skin.

Synonyms

tissuey

vstissue-like

7.4

Soft and flexible like skin or muscle

is less focused on softness and flexibility

How Tissue-Like

biological

340 3.5

tissue-like

4.2

artificial

267 3.6

nonbiological

Specialized

1 5.1

Surface Forms

tissue-like positive

tissue-liker comparative

tissue-likest superlative

Morphology

tissue-like = tissue (transparent) = tissue + like

Productive and regular formation: 'tissue' + '-like' straightforwardly yields 'resembling biological tissue'.

Etymology

Tissue-like comes from tissue, which first meant a piece of woven cloth from a word meaning 'to weave', and the ending -like means 'similar to'. Early scientists called groups of cells 'tissue' because they looked like fine cloth, so tissue-like means 'resembling body tissue'.