tissue culture
Americannoun
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the technique of cultivating living tissue in a prepared medium outside the body.
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the tissue so cultivated.
noun
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the growth of small pieces of animal or plant tissue in a sterile controlled medium
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the tissue produced as a result of this process
Etymology
Origin of tissue culture
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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In a tissue culture lab, they take thousands of small pieces of the plant, and grow new plants from each one.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
Initial studies will need to be conducted with animal models as well as with in vitro tissue culture cells.
From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023
Maddison MacDonald is the potato tissue culture technician for the Seed Savers Exchange, a nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of heirloom seeds based in Decorah, Iowa.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023
Researchers use cells grown using tissue culture to answer a variety of experimental questions.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2023
I hope that some of this hullabaloo over tissue culture has at least had a few good points which have helped others ...
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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