microtissue

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ tissue.

Noun

microtissue (countable and uncountable, plural microtissues)

1. microscale tissue
   • 2015 August 13, “MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells Form Differentiated Microtissues in Scaffold-Free Hydrogels”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     When grown in 3D using scaffold-free agarose hydrogels, MCF-7 human breast cancer cells self-organize to form directionally-oriented microtissues that contain a luminal space, reminiscent of the in vivo structure of the mammary gland.