elastic tissue
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noun Anatomy.
connective tissue consisting chiefly of yellow, elastic fibers and composing certain ligaments and the walls of the arteries.
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Origin of elastic tissue
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby elastic tissue
elastic modulus, elastic rebound, elastic scattering, elastic skin, elastic strain, elastic tissue, elastic wave, elastin, elastofibroma, elastoid degeneration, elastoma
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Medical definitions for elastic tissue
elastic tissue
n.
Connective tissue in which elastic fibers predominate.
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