interstitium

Noun

Meaning

(medicine) An interstitial space within a tissue or organ.

(medicine) Specifically the tissue between the pulmonary alveoli and the bloodstream.

(philosophy) A state between systems or spaces.

An interstice, the interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order (pluralised as interstitia for the overall policy, which is also occasionally spelled instertitia).

Examples

The interstitium is a collagen- and elastin-bound network filled with fluid. Source: Internet

The team realised that this interstitium was found because they were looking at living tissue instead of dead tissue used in conventional medical slides. Source: Internet

Interstitium: Your Stealth Organ News flash: Despite what we’ve thought our whole lives, skin may not be the body’s largest organ. Source: Internet

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