intercellular substance

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• intercellular substance — noun the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded • Syn: ↑matrix, ↑ground substance • Hypernyms: ↑body substance • Part Holonyms: ↑bone, ↑os, ↑cartilage, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Intercellular — In ter*cel lu*lar, a. Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• intercellular cement — a mucilaginous substance that holds cells, and especially epithelial cells, together …   Medical dictionary

• ground substance — noun 1. the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded • Syn: ↑matrix, ↑intercellular substance • Hypernyms: ↑body substance • Part Holonyms: ↑bone, ↑os, ↑cartilage, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• body substance — noun the substance of the body • Hypernyms: ↑substance • Hyponyms: ↑solid body substance, ↑liquid body substance, ↑bodily fluid, ↑body fluid, ↑humor, ↑humour, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• cement substance — cementing substance material which serves to hold together the different components of a tissue, as the intercellular substance in endothelium or the interprismatic substance in tooth enamel …   Medical dictionary

• Ground substance — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ground substance — n a more or less homogeneous matrix that forms the background in which the specific differentiated elements of a system are suspended: a) the intercellular substance of tissues b) CYTOSOL * * * the matrix of connective tissue, in which various… …   Medical dictionary

• cement substance — noun 1. : the intercellular substance in certain tissues (as endothelium) 2. : the substance binding together the enamel rods in the teeth …   Useful english dictionary

• ground substance — noun Date: 1882 a more or less homogeneous matrix in which the specific differentiated elements of a system are suspended: a. the intercellular substance of tissues b. cytosol …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ground substance — ground′ sub stance n. 1) cbl Also called matrix 3), b) the substance in which tissue, cells, and intercellular structures are embedded or suspended. 2) cbl hyaloplasm …   From formal English to slang