Body Substance
interstitial fluid Audio
[ in-ter-stish-uhl floo-id ]
Definitions related to interstitial fluid:
  • (tissue fluid) Transudate which surrounds cells within a tissue.
    Digital Anatomist
    University of Washington, 2003
  • The extracellular fluid component found in the spaces between tissues. This excludes plasma and transcellular fluid.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The fluid in spaces between the tissue cells, constituting about 16% of the weight of the body; closely similar in composition to LYMPH. (On-Line Medical Dictionary [Internet]. University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK): The CancerWEB Project, Academic Medical Publishing; c1997-2003 [cited 2003 May 1]. Available from: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/.)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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