extracellular matrices

A form of extracellular matrix — 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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noun
  1. pluralplural of extracellular matrix
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