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English noun: ground substance

1. ground substance (body) the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded


Synonymsintercellular substance, matrix


Broader (hypernym)body substance


Part meronymbone, cartilage, connective tissue, gristle, os

2. ground substance (body) the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell


Synonymshyaloplasm


Broader (hypernym)cytol, cytoplasm









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