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Extracellular matrix
Meaning
Noun
●
In Anatomy & Cytology:
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
.
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