Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ground_substance

2 senses of ground substance

Sense 1
matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance -- (the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded)
       => body substance -- (the substance of the body)

Sense 2
hyaloplasm, ground substance -- (the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell)
       => cytoplasm, cytol -- (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)