conjunctive tissue

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conjunctive tissue - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Conjunctive \Con*junc"tive\, a. [L. conjunctivus.]
     1. Serving to unite; connecting together.
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     2. Closely united. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     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.
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