deep tissue

noun

The layers of the musculoskeletal system that lie underneath the superficial muscles.

Meanings

noundeep tissue (countable and uncountable, plural deep tissues)

plural deep tissues

  1. countableuncountableanatomyThe layers of the musculoskeletal system that lie underneath the superficial muscles.
  2. countableuncountableanatomyA tissue of this kind.
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