"extracellular matrix" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: extracellular matrices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|extracellular matrices}} extracellular matrix (plural extracellular matrices)
  1. (anatomy, cytology, histology) All the microscopic fibres and other molecular structures that are produced by a particular type of cell but are not part of it (that is, that lie outside its cell membrane), providing support to the cells and often serving as a co-constituent of the tissue that they constitute, especially a connective tissue. Wikipedia link: extracellular matrix Categories (topical): Anatomy, Cytology Translations (connective tissues and fibres): soluväliaine (Finnish), extrazelluläre Matrix [feminine] (German), Extrazellularmatrix [feminine] (German), EZM [feminine] (German), ма́трикс (mátriks) [masculine] (Russian), matriz extracelular [feminine] (Spanish)

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