interstitium

English

Etymology

From Latin interstitium, from inter (“between”) + sistō (“to stand, place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɚˈstɪʃi.əm/

Noun

interstitium (plural interstitia)

1. (medicine) An interstitial space within a tissue or organ.
2. (medicine) Specifically the tissue between the pulmonary alveoli and the bloodstream.
3. (philosophy) A state between systems or spaces.
4. An interstice, the interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order (pluralised as interstitia for the overall policy, which is also occasionally spelled instertitia).

Translations

An interstitial space within a tissue or organ

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 間質／间质 (jiānzhí)

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• Finnish: välitila
• French: intestitium m, espace interstitiel m
• German: Interstitium (de) n
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See also

• interstice
• interstitial
• interstition

Latin

Etymology

From interstō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈsti.ti.um/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈs̠t̪ɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈstit.t͡si.um/, [in̪t̪erˈst̪it̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

interstitium n (genitive interstitiī or interstitī); second declension

1. gap, interval
2. interstice

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	interstitium	interstitia
Genitive	interstitiī interstitī1	interstitiōrum
Dative	interstitiō	interstitiīs
Accusative	interstitium	interstitia
Ablative	interstitiō	interstitiīs
Vocative	interstitium	interstitia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “interstitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interstitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• interstitium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016