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Stroma vs Parenchyma - What's the difference?

stroma | parenchyma |

As nouns the difference between stroma and parenchyma

is that stroma is the tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it while parenchyma is the functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue.

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

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    parenchyma

    English

    (wikipedia parenchyma)

    Noun

  • The functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue.
  • (botany) The ground tissue making up most of the non-woody parts of a plant.

    • Coordinate terms

    *chlorenchyma *collenchyma *merenchyma *sclerenchyma

    Derived terms

    *parenchymatous