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interstice

in·ters·tice

UK/ɪnˈtɜː.stɪs/ US/ɪnˈtɚ.stəs/ uncommon

noun

1.

a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ

  • “the interstices of a network”
2.

Origin

From late Middle English interstice, from Old French interstice or directly from Latin interstitium (“a space between, gap, interval”), ultimately from intersistere (“to stand in between, to stop in the middle”), from inter- + sistere (“to stand, to stop”).

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