intercellular matrix
1Matrix metallopeptidase 13 — (collagenase 3) PDB rendering based on 1cxv …
2matrix — ma trix (m[=a] tr[i^]ks), n.; pl. {Matrices} (m[a^]t r[i^]*s[=e]z). [L., fr. mater mother. See {Mother}, and cf. {Matrice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) The womb. [1913 Webster] All that openeth the matrix is mine. Ex. xxxiv. 19. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
3matrix — [mā′triks΄] n. pl. matrices [mā′trə sēz΄, ma′trəsēz΄′] or matrixes [LL, womb, public register, origin < L, breeding animal < mater (gen. matris), MOTHER1] 1. Archaic the womb; uterus 2. that within which, or within and from which, something …
4matrix — 1. [NA] The formative portion of a tooth or a nail. 2. The intercellular substance of a tissue. 3. A surrounding substance within which something is contained or embedded, e.g., the fatty tissue in which blood vessel s or …
5matrix — /may triks, ma /, n., pl. matrices /may tri seez , ma /, matrixes. 1. something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops: The Greco Roman world was the matrix for Western civilization. 2.… …
6matrix — ma•trix [[t]ˈmeɪ trɪks, ˈmæ [/t]] n. pl. ma•tri•ces [[t]ˈmeɪ trɪˌsiz, ˈmæ [/t]] ma•trix•es 1) something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates 2) anat. zool. a formative tissue, as the epithelium from which nails …
7matrix — /ˈmeɪtrɪks / (say maytriks) noun (plural matrixes or matrices /ˈmeɪtrəsiz / (say maytruhseez)) 1. that which gives origin or form to a thing, or which serves to enclose it. 2. Anatomy a formative part, as the corium beneath a fingernail. 3.… …
8matrix — The intercellular substance of a tissue. It forms the primary mass in some cartilage, bones, and the lens of the eye...where living cells are so separated they communicate with e mail …
9intercellular substance — noun the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded • Syn: ↑matrix, ↑ground substance • Hypernyms: ↑body substance • Part Holonyms: ↑bone, ↑os, ↑cartilage, ↑ …
10Extracellular matrix — Illustration depicting extracellular matrix (basement membrane and interstitial matrix) in relation to epithelium, endothelium and connective tissue Latin …
