interstitial space (fluid)

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Introduction

The extracellular space within a tissue or organ, excluding body cavities or potential spaces (peritoneal, pleural or pericardial cavities).

* Also see interstitium.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999