extracellular

extracellular /ex·tra·cel·lu·lar/ (-sel´u-lar) outside a cell or cells.

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ex·tra·cel·lu·lar (kstr-sly-lr)

adj.

Located or occurring outside a cell or cells.

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extracellular

[-sel′yələr]

Etymology: L, extra + cella, storeroom

occurring outside a cell or cell tissue or in cavities or spaces between cell layers or groups of cells. See also cell, edema, interstitial.

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extracellular (eks″trsel´ulr),

adj taking place outside of a cell.

extracellular matrix,

n an amorphous or structured substance produced by cellular activity that lies within the tissue but outside the cell.

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extracellular

situated or occurring outside a cell or cells.

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extracellular constituents

all of the constituents of the body outside the cells; include water, electrolytes, protein, glucose, enzymes, hormones.

extracellular fluid

all of the body fluid lying outside the cells. Includes intravascular fluid or plasma and the interstitial fluid. That part of the extracellular fluid that is in special cavities which have special characteristics, e.g. synovial fluid, urine, aqueous humor of eye, are called transcellular fluids.

extracellular matrix

the network of proteins and carbohydrates that surround a cell or fill the intercellular spaces.

extracellular space

see intercellular.