ELASTIC TISSUE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("elastic tissue" is a kind of...):

connective tissue (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)

Meronyms (substance of "elastic tissue"):

elastin (a fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries)

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