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Stroma vs Stoma - What's the difference?

stroma | stoma |

As nouns the difference between stroma and stoma

is that stroma is the tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it while stoma is one of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.

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

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    stoma

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stoma) (en-noun)
  • (botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
  • A small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy.
  • (zoology) A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.
  • An artificial anus.

    • Related terms

    * ostomy * -stomy

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