biotissue

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ tissue

Noun

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.