intercellular canaliculus

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Any of various fine channels between adjoining secretory cells.

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One of its weakest aspects is, perhaps, that the so-called intercellular substance plays an uncertain and unsatisfactory part.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
Periplast, per′i-plast, n. the intercellular substance of an organ or tissue of the body.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
These lines arise from the existence of passages between the cells, containing air; and they are called intercellular passages.
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope|John William Griffith
It is obvious that the ossified substance of bone is intercellular in character, and corresponds to the matrix of cartilage.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds

When there is a considerable amount of intercellular fibrous tissue, the tumour is called a fibro-sarcoma.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles