Con‐junc″tive (?), a. [L. conjunctivus.] 1. Serving to unite; connecting together.
2. Closely united. Shak.
Conjunctive mood(Gram.), the mood which follows a conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive mood. — 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.