ground substance
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1. the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell (noun.body)
2. the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | body substance, |
| definition | : | the substance of the body (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | connective tissue, |
| definition | : | tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments (noun.body) |
3. the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell (noun.body)
| derivation | : | hyaloplasmic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to hyaloplasm (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | hyaloplasmic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to hyaloplasm (adj.pert) |
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