Meaning

4 senses

  1. An interstitial space within a tissue or organ.

    Interstitium

    интерстициа́льное простра́нствоintersticiálʹnoje prostránstvo, интерсти́цийinterstícij

  2. Specifically the tissue between the pulmonary alveoli and the bloodstream.

  3. A state between systems or spaces.

  4. 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).

Translations

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An interstitial space within a tissue or organ:
Deutsch
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An interstitial space within a tissue or organ:

Origin

From Latin interstitium, from inter (“between”) + sistō (“to stand, place”).

From Latin interstitium, from inter (“between”) + sistō (“to stand, place”).

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Forms

plural: interstitia
Singularinterstitium
Pluralinterstitia

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Word family

4 related words
Relatedintersticeinterstitialinterstition
Derivedtubulointerstitium

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
interstateinterstellarintertwineintervalB1interveneintervention

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