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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
connective tissue
noun
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▪ A portion of the tail of the pancreas was then quickly excised, trimmed of adipose and connective tissue and used immediately.
▪ Heart tissue has a complex architecture that includes blood vessels and connective tissue, as well as muscle cells.
▪ I was tired between synapses and in the connective tissue of organs.
▪ Macrophage: a large scavenger cell present in connective tissue and in many major organs and tissues.
▪ Meanwhile, studies published in the Western Journal of Medicine found no evidence linking implants with connective tissue diseases.
▪ Most patients affected have been young women with connective tissue disorders who receive aspirin regularly in high dosage.
▪ None had connective tissue disease then or in the follow up period.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
connective tissue

Conjunctive \Con*junc"tive\, a. [L. conjunctivus.]

  1. Serving to unite; connecting together.

  2. Closely united. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

    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.

Wiktionary
connective tissue

n. (context anatomy English) 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).

WordNet
connective tissue

n. tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments

Wikipedia
Connective tissue

Connective tissue (CT) is one of the four types of biological tissue that support, connect, or separate different types of tissues and organs in the body. It develops from the mesoderm. The other three types are epithelial, muscle, and nervous tissue. Connective tissue is found in between other tissues everywhere in the body, including the nervous system. In the central nervous system, the three outer membranes (the meninges) that envelop the brain and spinal cord are composed of connective tissue.

All connective tissue apart from blood and lymph consists of three main components: fibers ( elastic and collagenous fibers), ground substance and cells. (Not all authorities include blood or lymph as connective tissue.) Blood and lymph lack the fiber component. All are immersed in the body water.

The cells of connective tissue include fibroblasts, adipocytes, macrophages, mast cells and leucocytes.