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The disorder, which is also referred to as Stone Man Syndrome, has only been diagnosed several hundred times and sees muscle tissue and connective tissue such as tendons and ligaments gradually replaced by bone, which constrains movement.
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Geurts was 10 years old when she was diagnosed with a connective-tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
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Geurts has a rare skin disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), which affects connective tissue and slows down collagen production, making skin fragile, wrinkled, and less elastic at a much earlier age.
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Your brain’s white matter can be thought of as its connective tissue.
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Your brain’s white matter can be thought of as its connective tissue.
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These are larger ribs, with the meat situated between the bones rather than on top, and there’s a lot more marbling and connective tissue.
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Scleroderma is an autoimmune, rheumatic disease of the connective tissue that affects an estimated 300,000 Americans in all forms, according to the Scleroderma Foundation.
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Mason Plumlee (restricted) Plumlee has a lot of the big-picture skills (finishing, shot-blocking, frontcourt playmaking) that teams crave but is missing some of the connective tissue that would elevate his game.
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First Known Use of connective
circa 1660
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Definition of connective
: something that connects: such asa : a linguistic form that connects words or word groupsb : a logical term (such as or, if-then, and, not) or a symbol for it that relates propositions in such a way that the truth or falsity of the resulting statement is determined by the truth or falsity of the components
First Known Use of connective
1751
CONNECTIVE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of connective for English Language Learners
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grammar : a word (such as and ) that connects words or groups of words
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