INTERSTITIAL

adj. Pn-tu5r-sti2sh'aal. From interstitium, a space between. Fr., interstitial. Qer.,inters titi ell. 1. Di eminated through the substance of an organ or part; of an inflammation, affecting the connective ti ue of an organ. 2. Pertaining to that form of growth which consists in the interposition of new elements between old ones instead of in addition to the surface. [B, 291 (a, 24).] Cf. INTERCALARY. 3. Of pathological proce es, occupying the space between the e ential parts of an organ which constitutes its proper ti ue; opposed to parenchymatous. [B.] [s. 473]