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connective tissues

connective tissues is the plural of connective tissue.

Meaning of connective tissue

Noun

connective tissue (countable and uncountable, plural connective tissues)

  1. A type of tissue found in animals whose main function is binding other tissue systems (such as muscle to skin) or organs and consists of the following three elements: cells, fibers and a ground substance (or extracellular matrix).
  2. (figuratively) A framework within something, with which the whole may be cohesively reconstructed or reflected.

Questions about connective tissues

What is connective tissues the plural of?
Connective tissues is the plural of connective tissue.

Words near connective tissues in the dictionary

  1. connectionlessness
  2. connections
  3. connectitude
  4. connective
  5. connective tissue
  6. connective tissues
  7. connectively
  8. connectiveness
  9. connectives
  10. connectivism
  11. connectivist

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