connective tissue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: connective tissue	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for connective tissue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
connective tissue n tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conjunctive \Con*junc"tive\, a. [L. conjunctivus.] 1. Serving to unite; connecting together. 2. Closely united. [Obs.] --Shak. {Conjunctive mood} (Gram.), the mood which follows a conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive mood. {Conjunctive tissue} (Anat.), the tissue found in nearly all parts of most animals. It yields gelatin on boiling, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; -- called also {cellular tissue} and {connective tissue}. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.