tissue type

British

noun

the inherited chemical characteristics of the bodily tissue of an individual that are recognized and, when grafted, are accepted or rejected by the immune system of another individual. The tissue type is determined by the histocompatibility antigens

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Each tissue type activates its own biological pathways to detect temperature shifts.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2025

Potential participants first need a blood test to determine their tissue type.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025

And others matched up with individual traits, such as age, sex, and tissue type.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2021

UNOS' computer algorithm then matches the organs to recipients based on blood and tissue type, body size, how desperately someone needs an organ, and how long they've been waiting.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2020

Adult stem cells are multipotent because the types of cells that they form are restricted to the tissue type in which they are found.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

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