extracellular matrix

English

Noun

extracellular matrix (plural extracellular matrices)

1. (anatomy, cytology, histology) All the microscopic fibres and other molecular structures that are produced by a particular type of cell but are not part of it (that is, that lie outside its cell membrane), providing support to the cells and often serving as a co-constituent of the tissue that they constitute, especially a connective tissue.

Translations

connective tissues and fibres

• Finnish: soluväliaine
• German: extrazelluläre Matrix f, Extrazellularmatrix f, EZM (de) f
• Russian: ма́трикс (ru) m (mátriks)
• Spanish: matriz extracelular f