See Also: connective tissue(encyclopedia)
Connective tissue(health)
connective tissue(dictionary)
Connective tissue(medicine)
Connective Tissue Disease(health)
mucous connective tissue(medicine)
connective tissue cell(medicine)
connective tissue cells(medicine)
connective tissue disease(medicine)
connective tissue group(medicine)

vermicular (iou) and Connective tissue (health)


vermicular (iou)



vermicular adjective. M17.
[medieval Latin vermicularis, formed as VERMICULE: see -AR1.]
Physiology.
a. Of blood: appearing to contain small worms. rare. Only in M17.
b. Of motion: resembling that of a worm; spec. = PERISTALTIC. Now rare. L17.
Having a sinuous or wormlike shape; resembling a worm in form. Also, consisting of or characterized by wavy outlines or markings. L17.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a worm or worms; involving or produced by worms. E18.
Of the Nature of a worm. L18.
Medicine. Of a disease: caused by (esp. intestinal) worms. L18.

Connective tissue (health)


Fibrous tissue with a wide variety of connecting and supporting functions within and between body organs.