(Judaism) The first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Elul and before Cheshvan.

(medicine) A procedure in which the tissues of a prospective donor and recipient are tested for compatibility prior to transplantation.

(medicine, physiology) One of the two types of adipose tissue present in mammals, providing heat insulation, mechanical cushion, and a source of energy, and comprising as much as 20% of the body weight in men and 25% of the body weight in women.

(anatomy, physiology) One of the two types of adipose tissue present in many newborn or hibernating mammals which primarilyy serves to generate body heat, and which contains several small vacuoles and a relatively high number of mitochondria and capillaries.

Alternative form of tsk

(biology) Any tissue of a living organism containing cells that are being replaced when they die.

A diminutive of the female given name Letitia.

(Judaism) A festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat.

shit

An interdisciplinary field that applies the principles of engineering and life sciences toward the development of biological substitutes that restore, maintain, or improve tissue function or a whole organ.