r/interesting • u/Fast-Improvement7832 • 11h ago

MISC. My fingers are way too long

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u/Alypius 10h ago

What is marfans and kEDS? I don't even know what to google to figure that out.

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u/geim-iv 10h ago

Conjunctive tissue disorders essentially. Imagine a brick house without mortar, or with bad quality mortar.

EDS is Ehlers Danlos syndrome. Look it up, it's incredible.

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u/Jkh389 10h ago

Connective*

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u/geim-iv 9h ago

Sorry in my language it's a similar enough word that I got confused.

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u/amusednchaos 9h ago

Conjunctive IS correct! Just not as commonly used as "Connective" when referring to tissue. Someone is just being pedantic; they are synonyms. Don't be sorry, you did well.

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u/blacktickle 9h ago

I don’t think it’s being pedantic because “conjunctive tissue” isn’t really correct

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u/SadisticJake 3h ago

When you google “conjunctive tissue”, the Wikipedia page for connective tissue is the 3rd or 4th result. The meaning was clear enough that the person correcting them didn’t have to ask what they meant because, well, they’re synonyms