tissue culture

noun

1. the technique of cultivating living tissue in a prepared medium outside the body.

2. the tissue so cultivated.

tissue culture

noun

1. the growth of small pieces of animal or plant tissue in a sterile controlled medium

2. the tissue produced as a result of this process

Word History and Origins

Origin of tissue culture¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

In a tissue culture lab, they take thousands of small pieces of the plant, and grow new plants from each one.

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They use a set of techniques known as tissue culture.

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"Companies like us who are into tissue culture are trying to come up with a new variety to overcome the challenges that the industry is facing," says Mr Singh.

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Chemists and biologists everywhere grow cells in a tissue culture in an incubator set to 37 degrees Centigrade, or body temperature.

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Artificial regulation of such totipotent cells through plant tissue culture is widely used for plant conservation, breeding, generation of GM species, and scientific research purposes.

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