English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪntɚˈstɪʃi.əm/

Noun edit

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).

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

From interstō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

interstitium n (genitive interstitiī or interstitī); second declension

  1. gap, interval
  2. interstice

Declension edit

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 edit

  • 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016