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tissue
Noun
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A piece of tissue is a sheet of paper that can absorb very well.
He used the tissue I gave him to blow his nose.
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Tissue is a group of cells that work together to do a job.
The human body is made up of many tissues, one example being muscle tissue.
extract
Noun
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An extract is something that has been taken out of something else, usually something that it was part of.
Just because a cream contains plant extracts doesn't mean it's good for your skin.
I'll read a short extract from his speech.
Many scientists were interested in other tissue extracts.
extract
Verb
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If you extract something, you take it out of something else.
Computers are becoming more useful in helping us extract useful information from the data.
The dentist will have to extract two of my teeth.
The roots of the plant extract water from the earth.