| English noun: ground substance | |||
| 1. | ground substance (body) the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded | ||
| Synonyms | intercellular substance, matrix | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body substance | ||
| Part meronym | bone, cartilage, connective tissue, gristle, os | ||
| 2. | ground substance (body) the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell | ||
| Synonyms | hyaloplasm | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cytol, cytoplasm | ||