elastic tissue
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1. connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | connective tissue, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.body) |
| substance holonym | : | elastin, |
| definition | : | a fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries (noun.body) |
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