INTERSTITIAL FLUID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interstitial fluid mean? 

• INTERSTITIAL FLUID (noun)
  The noun INTERSTITIAL FLUID has 1 sense:

1. liquid found between the cells of the body that provides much of the liquid environment of the body

  Familiarity information: INTERSTITIAL FLUID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERSTITIAL FLUID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Liquid found between the cells of the body that provides much of the liquid environment of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("interstitial fluid" is a kind of...):

ECF; extracellular fluid (liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid)

 Context examples 

Electrolytes regulate nerve and muscle function and water distribution between cells, plasma, and interstitial fluid.

(Electrolytes, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, mannitol elevates blood plasma osmolarity, resulting in enhanced flow of water from tissues into interstitial fluid and plasma.

(Mannitol, NCI Thesaurus)

As new interstitial fluid is made, it replaces older fluid, which drains towards lymph vessels.

(Interstitial fluid, NCI Dictionary)

A mixture of arterial blood, venous blood and interstitial fluid, which is found in the capillaries.

(Capillary Blood, NCI Thesaurus)

Gastrointestinal Absorption Induction involves initiation of activities of uptake from the intestinal lumen of fluids, solutes, proteins, fats, and other nutrients into the intestinal epithelial cells, blood, lymph, or interstitial fluids.

(Gastrointestinal Absorption Induction, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, the degradation of HA may result in a lowering of the interstitial fluid pressure (IFP), allowing better penetration of chemotherapeutic agents into the tumor bed.

(Pegylated Recombinant Human Hyaluronidase PH20, NCI Thesaurus)

Glycerin elevates the blood plasma osmolality thereby extracting water from tissues into interstitial fluid and plasma.

(Glycerin, NCI Thesaurus)

Gastrointestinal Absorption Inhibition involves interference with, or restraint of, activities of uptake from the intestinal lumen of fluids, solutes, proteins, fats, and other nutrients into the intestinal epithelial cells, blood, lymph, or interstitial fluids.

(Gastrointestinal Absorption Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)