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ground substance
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As a noun, ground substance means the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded.
Meanings of ground substance
2 meaningsnoun
The body substance in which tissue cells are embeddedbody
Similar: matrix, intercellular substanceThe clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cellbody
Similar: hyaloplasm
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded
matrixintercellular substance
noun: the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell
hyaloplasm