interstitial

Examples

• All

• A chest radiograph was normal, with no evidence of adenopathy or interstitial lung disease.

  Academic text (2006)

• To be clear, it's not sampling the blood, so it samples the interstitial fluid and it measures glucose level there.

  Tim Ferriss

• However, one study has implicated the development of interstitial edema as the primary underlying abnormality.

  Academic text (2006)

• Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is the most common type of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia.

  Academic text (2016)

• A kidney biopsy sample showed lymphocytic interstitial nephritis without any glomerular abnormalities.

  Academic text (1996)

• CT also showed findings consistent with interstitial fibrosis and no evidence of retropharyngeal abscess or prevertebral thickening.

  Academic text (2008)

• When pulmonary involvement is present, a CXR may be suggestive of diffuse interstitial inflammation or bronchopneumonia.

  Academic text (2007)

• Histopathological findings show that the usual interstitial pneumonia pattern is characterized by interstitial fibrosis with spatial heterogeneity and patchy involvement.

  Academic text (2016)

• Biopsies of these myocardial lesions show interstitial infiltrates consisting primarily of mononuclear lymphocytes, leukocytes, and macrophages.

  Academic text (2016)

• The interstitial spaces between the cells allow for the exchange of nutrients and waste products.

Synonyms

I

intercellular

vsinterstitial

• Specialized

1 7.1

Occurring between cells in plants or animals

is about any small spaces between structures, not only between cells

Antonyms

S

solid

325 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

C

compact

60 4.1

Small and tightly packed so it does not take much space

Compounds

I

interstitial cell-stimulating hormone

• Archaic

7.8

A hormone from a small gland in the brain that makes females release eggs and males produce male hormones

I

interstitial fluid

• Specialized

7.0

Fluid between the body's cells that carries nutrients and oxygen and removes waste

I

interstitial plasma cell pneumonia

• Specialized

9.2

A serious lung infection that inflames the tissue between air spaces, often in babies or people with weak immune systems

I

interstitial pneumonia

• Specialized

7.9

A long-term lung illness that causes swelling and scarring of the tissue between air sacs

I

interstitial tissue

• Specialized

7.4

Soft material between the cells inside an organ that helps support it

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology