interstitialadjective
uk/ˌɪn.təˈstɪʃ.əl/us/ˌɪn.tɚˈstɪʃ.əl/interstitial adjective (medical)
specialized medical relating to spaces between cells, tissues, or organs in the body:
Deficiencies of sodium and water can cause shrinkage of the interstitial space.
specialized medical relating to connective tissue that supports the working parts of an organ in the body
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- alveolus
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- grey matter
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- lymph vessel
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- platysma
- vitreous humour
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interstitial adjective (BETWEEN)
formal relating to the space or time between things:
the interstitial parts of the movie that punctuate the main action
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Between
- 'twixt
- (in) between times idiom
- amid
- among
- between
- betwixt
- halfway
- in
- in-between
- inter
- intermediate
- intervening
- liminal
- mid
- midst