Dictionary

connective tissue en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəˈnektɪv tɪ.ʃjuː/ (General-American)
• [kʰəˈnektɪv tʰɪ.ʃjuːw] (General-American)

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A type of tissue found in animals whose main function is binding other tissue systems (such as muscle to skin) or organs and consists of the following three elements: cells, fibers and a ground substance (or extracellular matrix).
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A framework within something, with which the whole may be cohesively reconstructed or reflected.

Forms

Coordinates

muscle · nervous tissue · epithelium

Deriveds

mixed connective tissue disease

Relateds

sinew

Translations (43)

kmr bestereşane (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · th เนื้อเยื่อเกี่ยวพัน (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · sv bindväv (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · vi mô liên kết (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · ro țesut conjunctiv (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · cs pojivová tkáň (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · nds Binngeweev (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · ar نسيج ضام (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · gl tecido conxuntivo (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · af bindweefsel (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · ko 결합 조직 (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · de Bindegewebe (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · hu kötőszövet (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · ru соедини́тельная ткань (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · te సంయోజక కణజాలము (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · he רקמת חיבור (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · ga fíochán tacaíochta (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · pl tkanka łączna (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · cy meinwe gyswllt (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · es tejido conjuntivo (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · ja 結合組織 (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · sh везивно ткиво (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · fa بافت همبند (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · uk сполучна тканина (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · tr bağ doku (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · pt tecido conjuntivo (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · eu ehun konektibo (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · cmn 結締組織 /结缔组织 (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · da bindevæv (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · ca teixit conjuntiu (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · bg съединителна тъкан (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · nl bindweefsel (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · sh vezivno tkivo (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · fr tissu conjonctif (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · el συνδετικός ιστός (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · no støttevev (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · fi sidekudos (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · it tessuto connettivo (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · mk сврзно ткиво (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · lt jungiamasis audinys (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · hy շարակցական հյուսվածքի (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · eo konektiva histo (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems) · la textus connectivus (type of tissue that binds other tissue systems)