interstitial cell

interstitial cell

n.

A cell that occurs between the germ cells of the gonads and that may furnish the male sex hormone. Also called Leydig cell.

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interstitial

pertaining to or situated between parts or in the interspaces of a tissue.

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atypical interstitial pneumonia

see atypical interstitial pneumonia.

interstitial cell adenoma

see interstitial cell tumor (below).

interstitial cell-stimulating hormone

luteinizing hormone.

interstitial cell

the cells of the connective tissue of the ovary or the testis (Leydig's cells), which furnish the internal secretion of those structures.

interstitial cell tumor

a common testicular tumor in old dogs. Most are benign and not associated with any major clinical disturbances but there may be concurrent perianal gland neoplasms, infertility and rarely feminization or viciousness. Called also Leydig cell tumor or interstitial cell adenoma.

interstitial edema

edema of the interstitial interlobular tissue in the lung.

interstitial emphysema

pulmonary emphysema with air accumulated in the interlobular connective tissue; characteristic of emphysema in cattle.

interstitial fluid

the extracellular fluid bathing cells in most tissues, excluding the fluid within the lymph and blood vessels.

interstitial gland

of the ovary, consisting of polyhedral epithelioid cells in the stroma of the ovary and have characteristics of cells which produce steroids.

interstitial nephritis

see nephritis.

interstitial fluid pressure

pressure exerted by the free interstitial fluid; if the pressure is negative this tends to suck fluid out of the vascular system and into the tissue space; if the pressure is greater than the intravascular pressure fluid tends to move out of the tissue space.

interstitial pneumonia

see pneumonia.

interstitial space

tissue space.

interstitial tissue

connective tissue between the cellular elements of a structure.