Interstitial

An interstitial space or interstice is a space between structures or objects. In particular, interstitial may refer to:

Biology

• Interstitial cell, any cell that lies between other cells
• Interstitial cell tumor
• Interstitial collagenase, enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in collagen
• Interstitial cystitis
• Interstitial fauna, small aquatic invertebrates, larger than microfauna but smaller than macrofauna
• Interstitial fluid, a solution that bathes and surrounds the cells of multicellular animals
• Interstitial deletion and duplication in genetics, see deletion (genetics)#Types and gene duplication
• Interstitial granulomatous dermatitis
• Interstitial infusion
• Interstitial keratitis
• Interstitial lung disease
• Interstitial nephritis
• Interstitial pregnancy
• Interstitium, the contiguous fluid-filled space existing between the skin and body organs

Other uses

To describe the spaces within particulate matter such as sands, gravels, cobbles, grain, etc. that lie between the discrete particles.

• Interstitial alloy, in chemistry
• Interstitial art
• Interstitial condensation, in construction
• Interstitial site, in chemistry
• Interstitial defect, in chemistry
• Interstitial television show, in television programming
• Interstitial revolution, in politics
• Interstitial space (architecture)
• Interstitial webpage, in computing
• Interstices (Catholicism)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with intersti
• All pages with titles containing intersti*

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