STROMA

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.

2.
n.

The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.

3.
n.

A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.


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