| Pronunciation: | | `intur'stishul
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] of or relating to interstices |
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INTERSTITIAL is a 12 letter word that starts with I. |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`ter*sti"tial\, a.
Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the
tissues; as, interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues
of animals or plants.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Between the grains (or cells or other solid objects). Having to do with the small, narrow spaces (called interstices) found in between grains of sand, large cells or atoms or molecules, different tissues in the body, or within soil. The pores between different minerals in a rock, or (in crystallography) the areas in a crystal which are not lattice sites. |
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