Look up: stroma

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   stroma
   A compact mass of vegetative tissue, sometimes intermixed with host tissue, often bearing sporocarps either within or upon its surface. (Pl. stromata.)
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   Stroma
   A cushion-like mycelial mass often sclerotised, in which fruiting bodies are produced. Mycelium of the stroma may often be intermingled with host tissue.
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   stroma
   [n] - the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast 2. [n] - the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
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   Stroma
   The tissue that supports an organ (as opposed to the tissue that performs its function - this is called the parenchyma) - To give an example in the human body would assume knowledge of histology, which most visitors will not have and those who do will be familiar with the term. A fair analogy would be the bicycle. The wheels, chain and pedals are t ...
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   Stroma
   Stroma: The supportive framework of an organ (or gland or other structure), usually composed of connective tissue. The stroma is distinct from the parenchyma, which consists of the key functional elements of that organ. The stroma of the thyroid gland is the connective tissue that supports the lobules and follicles of the thyroid gland. The Greek w ...
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   stroma
   the connective tissue basis for framework of an organ Category: Medicine
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   stroma
   (1) The soluble, aqueous phase within the chloroplast, containing water-soluble enzymes such as those of the Calvin-Benson cycle. The site of the dark reaction of photosynthesis. (2) Loose connective tissue with few cells.
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   Stroma
   Stro'ma noun ; plural Stromata . [ Latin , a bed covering, Greek ... a couch or bed.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney. (b) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell. 2. (Botany) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially t ...
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   stroma
   <plant biology> The soluble, aqueous phase within the chloroplast, containing water soluble enzymes such as those of the Calvin Benson cycle. The site of the dark reaction of photosynthesis. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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    stroma
    noun the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
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    stroma
    noun the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
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    Stroma
    `Stroma` may refer to: *Stroma, Scotland, an island off the northern coast of Scotland in the Pentland Firth *Stroma (animal tissue), the connective, functionally supportive framework of a biological cell, tissue, or organ *Stroma, the thick fluid found in between grana, which are stacks of thylakoid disks. It is where the Calvin Cycle takes place in the chloroplast of a plant cell. *Stromal cell, a connective tissue cell of an organ found in t...
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    stroma
    (stro´mә) the tissue forming the ground substance, framework, or matrix of an organ, as opposed to the functioning part or parenchyma. adj., stro´mal, stromat´ic., adj.
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    Stroma
    • (n.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia. • (n.) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell. • (n.) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.
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    stroma
    (from the article `eye, human`) ...coat is made up of the cornea and the sclera. The cornea is the transparent window of the eye. It contains five distinguishable layers; the ... ...composed of cells that make up the body`s outer covering and the membranous covering of internal organs, cavities, and canals; endothelial ... Testicular...
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    stroma
    (from the article `photosynthesis`) ...thin sections of a chloroplast are examined under the electron microscope, several features are apparent. Chief among these are the intricate ... ...the edges of which are joined to hollow, sacklike disks called thylakoids. Stacks of thylakoids embedded with pigment molecules are called grana. ... ...
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    stroma
    (from the article `fungus`) Various other tissues are also produced by the interweaving of the assimilative hyphae of some fungi. Stromata (singular stroma) are cushionlike ...
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    stroma
    a mass or matrix of vegetative hyphae (usually black) with or without tissue of the host or substrate, sometimes Sclerotium-like in form, in or on which spores are produced, often covering a group of several ascocarps. pl. stromata.
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    stroma
    
    1. the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
    2. the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
    
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