| ground substance 
 
 1. the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded
 • Syn:
 matrix, intercellular substance
 • Hypernyms:
 body substance
 • Part Holonyms:
 bone, os, cartilage, gristle, connective tissue
 2. the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell
 • Syn:
 hyaloplasm
 • Derivationally related forms:
 hyaloplasmic (for: hyaloplasm)
 • Hypernyms:
 cytoplasm, cytol
 
 
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