conjunctive : Idioms & Phrases


Conjunctive mood

  • (Gram.), the mood which follows a conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive mood.
Webster 1913

Conjunctive tissue

  • (Anat.), the tissue found in nearly all parts of most animals. It yields gelatin on boiling, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; called also cellular tissue and connective tissue. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.
Webster 1913