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in·ter·sti·tial

 (ĭn′tər-stĭsh′əl)
adj.
1. Relating to, occurring in, or affecting interstices.
2. Anatomy Relating to or situated in the small, narrow spaces between tissues or parts of an organ: interstitial cells; interstitial fluid.

in′ter·sti′tial·ly adv.
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interstitial

(ˌɪntəˈstɪʃəl)
adj
1. of or relating to an interstice or interstices
2. (Chemistry) physics forming or occurring in an interstice: an interstitial atom.
3. (Chemistry) chem containing interstitial atoms or ions: an interstitial compound.
4. (Biology) anatomy zoology occurring in the spaces between organs, tissues, etc: interstitial cells.
n
(Chemistry) chem an atom or ion situated in the interstices of a crystal lattice
ˌinterˈstitially adv
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in•ter•sti•tial

(ˌɪn tərˈstɪʃ əl)

adj.
1. pertaining to, situated in, or forming interstices.
2. situated in the interstices of a tissue or organ.
n.
3. an imperfection in a crystal caused by the presence of an extra atom in an otherwise complete lattice.
[1640–50]
in`ter•sti′tial•ly, adv.
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Adj.1.interstitial - of or relating to interstices
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interstiziale

in·ter·sti·tial

a. intersticial, rel. a los espacios dentro de un tejido, órgano o célula;
___ cell stimulating hormonehormona ___ que estimula células;
___ cystitiscistitis ___;
___ diseaseenfermedad ___;
___ emphysemaenfisema ___;
___ fluidfluido ___;
___ gastritisgastritis ___;
___ growthcrecimiento ___;
___ herniahernia ___;
___ nephritisnefritis ___;
___ pregnancyembarazo ___.
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interstitial

adj intersticial
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Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, glomerulonephritis, interstitial nephritis, polycystic kidney disease, and others are the common indications for the chronic kidney disease.
Renal impairment, including minimal change nephropathy, acute and chronic interstitial nephritis, and renal failure, has been reported in patients taking products that contain mesalamine or are converted to mesalamine.
[7] Besides diabetes mellitus, hypertension, old age, and polypharmacy; other unknown intriguing causes are topped by entities such as chronic interstitial nephritis triggered by a whole gamut of environmental toxins and modern food additives.
Light-chain-mediated acute tubular interstitial nephritis: a poorly recognized pattern of renal disease in patients with plasma cell dyscrasia.
When analysed for Native Kidney Disease (NKD), 9 (22.50%) participants had Chronic Glomerulonephritis (CGN), 17 (42.50%) had Chronic Interstitial Nephritis (CIN), 8(20.00%) had Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD) and miscellaneous aetiologies in 6 (15.00%).
Renal impairment with biopsy-proven interstitial nephritis is a rare event that has been reported in patients with vasculitides (2).
Louise Health Care System and other coauthors, wrote that PPIs are linked to a range of serious adverse outcomes - such as acute interstitial nephritis, chronic kidney disease, incident dementia, and Clostridium difficile infection - each of which is associated with higher risk of mortality.
Up to one-third of patients with renal dysfunction have granulomatous interstitial nephritis. (7) A renal ultrasound of our patient revealed changes consistent with kidney disease involving primarily the renal parenchyma, likely attributed to hypercalcemic renal damage, granulomatous deposition, or simply chronic hypertension.
Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) is seen uncommonly even though it is an important adverse effect of these class of drugs.
It was aimed to draw attention to the presence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, hyperthyroidism and interstitial nephritis which might all have an effect on the formation of perirenal pseudocyst in the cat.
Medical decision was altered for the possibility of proton pump inhibitor induced acute interstitial nephritis. So, steroids were started and biopsy was taken, which revealed rhabdomyolysis.
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