Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable)Serving or tending to connect; connecting.

    connecting or tending to connect

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Fascia is made of connective tissue.

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  2. The umbilical cord contains Wharton's jelly, a gelatinous substance which protects the blood vessels inside and acts as a mucous connective tissue.

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Origin

For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords

For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
syndetic

Word family

13 related words
Relatedconnectconnectivity
Derivedconnective tissueconnectivismconnectivistfibroconnectivehyperconnectivehypoconnectiveinterconnectivelogical connectivenonconnectivesentence connectiveteleconnective

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
connconnectB1connectionB1connectivityconnectorconniveconnoisseurC1
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