Fascia is made of connective tissue.
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Connective
/kəˈnɛktɪv/
Synonyms for "connective" (80 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
antisocial growth
Strong matches (24)
Noun(15 words)
conessiconjconjunctiveconjunctive adverbconnecterconnectingconnectionconnexionconnexivecontinuativecoordinating conjunctioncouplerdeenadiscourse markerfinding algorithm
Related words (40)
Noun(19 words)
habitat corridorjoiningjointlinklinkinglinking wordlogical operatorpluggingscagsseguesstructural tissuesubordinatorsupporting tissuesymbolic connectivesystems thinking activitytissue associatedtissue relatedtransitiontransitions
Adjective(2 words)
interlockablelinking device
Conjunction(1 words)
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16 entriesanatomical descriptorbiological termclosed-class wordconnecting piecedescriptive termfunction wordgrammatical deviceinstrumentalityinstrumentationlinguistic elementlogic operatormeansmechanical partrelational adjectivestructural elementtissue
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19 entriesadapteradipose tissuebiconditionalblood tissuebone tissuecartilagecartilage tissueconjunctionconjunctiveconjunctive adverbconnector termcouplerdense connective tissuedisjunctionfastenerimplication
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Collocations
9 entriesconnective deviceconnective elementconnective phraseconnective tissueconnective tissue diseaseconnective tissue disordersconnective tissue matrixconnective worddense connective tissue
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The umbilical cord contains Wharton's jelly, a gelatinous substance which protects the blood vessels inside and acts as a mucous connective tissue.
Source: tatoeba (9013149)
Society is doomed to an ignominious death as soon as the connective tissue of institutions and the ossified material of officialdom with its rank growth of unyielding red tape and formalism begin to spread, choking, and strangling the free, personal life of the individual.
Source: wiktionary
Condition iii) ensures that the truth-rules for the sentential connectives and quantifiers are satisfied within one and the same valuation νₛ.
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