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Definition of Stroma

Stroma
Stroma Stro"ma, n.; pl. Stromata. [L., a bed covering, Gr. ? 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. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.

Meaning of Stroma from wikipedia

- Wilhelm C. J. Sjöström (born 8 January 1987), known professionally as Freddie Stroma, is a British actor. He is known for his work in roles including Cormac...
- Look up stroma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stroma may refer to: Stroma (tissue), the connective, functionally supportive framework of a biological...
- Stroma is an uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth, between Orkney and the mainland of Scotland. It forms part of the civil parish of Canisbay in Caithness...
- Examples of stroma include: stroma of iris stroma of cornea stroma of ovary stroma of thyroid gland stroma of thymus stroma of bone marrow lymph node stromal...
- Stroma, in botany, refers to the colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast. Within the stroma are grana (stacks of thylakoid), the sub-organelles...
- The stroma of the ovary is a unique type of connective tissue abundantly supplied with blood vessels, consisting for the most part of spindle-shaped stroma...
- "pouch-like". Thylakoids are membrane-bound structures embedded in the chloroplast stroma. A stack of thylakoids is called a granum and resembles a stack of coins...
- The stroma of the iris is a fibrovascular layer of tissue. It is the upper layer of two in the iris. The stroma is a delicate interlacement of fibres...
- stem cells, which can be isolated from the primary culture of bone marrow stroma, can give rise to bone, adipose, and cartilage tissue. The composition of...
- in the stroma. The hydrogen ions in the thylakoid space then diffuse back down their concentration gradient, flowing back out into the stroma through...