Definition of connective

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Connective (a.) Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection..

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Collagen :: Collagen (n.) The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue..
Periosteum :: Periosteum (n.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.
Interfascicular :: Interfascicular (a.) Between fascicles or bundles; as, the interfascicular spaces of connective tissue..
Epineurium :: Epineurium (n.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium..
Now :: Now (adv.) In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation..
Ligament :: Ligament (n.) A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints..
Perimysium :: Perimysium (n.) The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers..
Fibrocartilage :: Fibrocartilage (n.) A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure.
Leucocyte :: Leucocyte (n.) A colorless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of bone, connective tissue, etc..
Tarsus :: Tarsus (n.) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate..
Lymph :: Lymph (n.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together..
Endoneurium :: Endoneurium (n.) The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.
Fascia :: Fascia (n.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis..
Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.
Glioma :: Glioma (n.) A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system..
Connectively :: Connectively (adv.) In connjunction; jointly.
Connexive :: Connexive (a.) See Connective.
Endomysium :: Endomysium (n.) The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.
Nor :: Nor (conj.) A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor..
Endosteum :: Endosteum (n.) The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.
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