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Stroma vs Interstitium - What's the difference?

stroma | interstitium |

As nouns the difference between stroma and interstitium

is that stroma is the tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it while interstitium is an interstitial space within a tissue or organ.

As a proper noun Stroma

is an island of the northern coast of Scotland.

stroma

English

Noun

(stromata)
  • (anatomy) the tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    interstitium

    English

    Noun

    (interstitia)
  • (medicine) An interstitial space within a tissue or organ.
  • (medicine) Specifically the tissue between the pulmonary alveoli and the bloodstream.
  • (philosophy) A state between systems or spaces.

    • See also

    * interstice * interstition * interstitial ----