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connective (iou)



connective adjective & noun. M17.
[from CONNECT verb + -IVE, repl. earlier CONNEXIVE.]
A. adjective. Serving or tending to connect. M17.
connective tissue Anatomy tissue connecting and binding Other tissues and organs of the body and containing relatively few cells in a non-living matrix, e.g. fibrous tissue and elastic tissue.
B. noun.
1. Grammar & Logic. A connecting word or particle. M18.
2. Botany. The part of the filament which connects the lobes of the anther. M19.
connectival adjective (Botany) of the connective M19.
connectively adverb L16.
connec'tivity noun (chiefly Math. & Logic) the state, property, or degree of being (inter)connected L19.

Plutonium (medicine)


plutonium
<chemical> Plutonium. A naturally radioactive element of the actinide metals series. It has the atomic symbol pu, atomic number 94, and atomic weight 242. Plutonium is used as a nuclear fuel, to produce radioisotopes for research, in radionuclide batteries for pacemakers, and as the agent of fission in nuclear weapons.

Chemical name: Plutonium