soft tissue

English

Noun

soft tissue (plural soft tissues)

  1. (anatomy) All the tissues of the body except the calcified ones such as bones and teeth. (Cartilage of joints is often excluded from the definition as well).
    Hyponyms: flesh, meat, muscle, fat, skin; blood, blood vessel, connective tissue, epithelium, fascia, ligament, lymph, nerve, synovium, tendon

Translations

tissues of the body
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