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Fibre :: Fibre (n.) One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle..

Gum :: Gum (n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws..

Sclerosis :: Sclerosis (n.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue..

Tunic :: Tunic (n.) A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye..

Vivification :: Vivification (n.) One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc..

Interfascicular :: Interfascicular (a.) Between fascicles or bundles; as, the interfascicular spaces of connective tissue..

Thrombus :: Thrombus (n.) A tumor produced by the escape of blood into the subcutaneous cellular tissue.

Fat :: Fat (n.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose..

Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.

Coenenchyma :: Coenenchyma (n.) The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.

Lymphangial :: Lymphangial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic..

Syncytium :: Syncytium (n.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle..

Nerve :: Nerve (n.) One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body..

Stoichiology :: Stoichiology (n.) That part of the science of physiology which treats of the elements, or principles, composing animal tissues..

Parametritis :: Parametritis (n.) Inflammation of the cellular tissue in the vicinity of the uterus.

Gelatine :: Gelatine (n.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, gl

Fusion :: Fusion (v. t.) The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues..

Contusion :: Contusion (n.) A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound..

Procambium :: Procambium (n.) The young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated.

Phlegmon :: Phlegmon (n.) Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.

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