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61connective tissue panniculitis — an autoimmune type of panniculitis characterized by inflammatory nodules in the subcutaneous fat progressing to lipoatrophy. Called also lipoatrophic p …
62connective tissue — con nective .tissue n [U] parts of the body such as muscle or fat that exist between or join organs and other body parts …
63connective tissue — con,nective tissue noun uncount MEDICAL the parts of your body that connect or support organs and other parts of your body …
64connective tissue — tissue which connects other tissues and organs (consists mainly of collagen, elastin and reticular fibers) …
65connective tissue — noun Anatomy tissue that connects, supports, binds, or separates other tissues or organs, including cartilaginous, fatty, and elastic tissues …
66connective tissue — noun (U) parts of the body such as muscle or fat, that support or join organs and other body parts together …
67connective tissue — the tissue that supports, binds, or separates more specialized tissues and organs or functions as a packing tissue of the body. It consists of an amorphous ground substance of mucopolysaccharides in which may be embedded white (collagenous),… …
68connective tissue — UK / US noun [uncountable] medical the parts of your body that connect or support organs and other parts of your body …
69connective tissue — connec′tive tis sue n. anat. a kind of tissue, usu. of mesoblastic origin, that connects, supports, or surrounds other tissues and organs, including tendons, bone, cartilage, and fatty tissue • Etymology: 1880–85 …
70connective tissue — /kəˌnɛktɪv ˈtɪʃu/ (say kuh.nektiv tishooh) noun a tissue, usually of mesoblastic origin, which connects, supports, or surrounds other tissues, organs, etc., and occurs in various forms throughout the body …