1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 26… (1911)
“ In biology the word is of general use for an aggregate of cells forming a texture or fabric; in animal anatomy it is thus applied to the primary layers of which the parts are composed, and named by some qualifying word denoting its substance or its use (see Connective Tissue and Epithelial, Endothelial and Glandular Tissue) . ”
