extracellular matrix
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
extracellular matrix (plural extracellular matrices)
- (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.
Translations[edit]
connective tissues and fibres
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