connective tissue

Definitions

1. 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).
   countable, uncountable
2. A framework within something, with which the whole may be cohesively reconstructed or reflected.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

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