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INTERCELLULAR SUBSTANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intercellular substance mean? 

INTERCELLULAR SUBSTANCE (noun)
  The noun INTERCELLULAR SUBSTANCE has 1 sense:

1. the body substance in which tissue cells are embeddedplay

  Familiarity information: INTERCELLULAR SUBSTANCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTERCELLULAR SUBSTANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The body substance in which tissue cells are embedded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ground substance; intercellular substance; matrix

Hypernyms ("intercellular substance" is a kind of...):

body substance (the substance of the body)

Holonyms ("intercellular substance" is a part of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

connective tissue (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)

cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)


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