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English
Etymology
From Latin interstitium, from inter (“between”) + sistō (“to stand, place”).
Pronunciation
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).
Translations
An interstitial space within a tissue or organ
See also
Latin
Etymology
From interstō.
Pronunciation
Noun
interstitium n (genitive interstitiī or interstitī); second declension
- gap, interval
- interstice
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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016