mucous connective tissue
n.
A gelatinous type of connective tissue characteristically supporting the blood vessels of the umbilical cord.
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Nearby words
- mucosity,
- mucosulfatidosis,
- mucous,
- mucous cell,
- mucous colitis,
- mucous gland,
- mucous membrane,
- mucous plug,
- mucoviscidosis,
- mucro
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