subcutaneous tissue

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n.

A layer of loose, irregular connective tissue immediately beneath the skin; it contains fat cells except in the auricles, eyelids, penis, and scrotum.

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Words nearby subcutaneous tissue

subcutaneous flap, subcutaneous mastectomy, subcutaneous operation, subcutaneous ring, subcutaneous tenotomy, subcutaneous tissue, subcutaneous vein of abdomen, subcuticular, subcutis, subdeacon, subdeaconate

Example sentences from the Web for subcutaneous tissue

Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She dabbed them with a tissue and continued without ceremony.
Embedding With the Women Who Are Kicking ISIS Ass|Susannah George|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Among them were some horrifying images of severe damage to nasal tissue caused by a child lodging a button battery in her nose.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R.|Russell Saunders|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They can corrode through whatever human tissue they contact if swallowed or stuck into an orifice, sometimes in a matter of hours.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R.|Russell Saunders|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Must both ovarian and testicular tissue be present for a person to be “counted”?
Intersexuality and God Through the Ages|Candida Moss|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Even slight familiarity with the microscopic structure of vegetable tissue will prevent the chagrin of such errors.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
They robed her in white with a thin lining-edge of crimson, and threw over her shining hair a veil of tissue.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
There are acids that completely dissolve bone tissue and even clothing but circumstances usually reveal these crimes.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Upon such a tissue of conjectural absurdities the wonderful opinion of the immortality of the soul is built.
Superstition In All Ages (1732)|Jean Meslier

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