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interstitium
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English
Etymology
From Latin interstitium, from inter (“between”) + sistō (“to stand, place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪntɚˈstɪʃi.əm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
interstitium (plural interstitia)
- (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).
Derived terms
Translations
An interstitial space within a tissue or organ
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Latin
Etymology
From intersistō + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈstɪ.ti.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.terˈstit.t͡si.um]
Noun
interstitium n (genitive interstitiī or interstitī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “interstitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “interstitium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- interstitium in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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