PARENCHYMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parenchyma mean? 

• PARENCHYMA (noun)
  The noun PARENCHYMA has 2 senses:

1. animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels

2. the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems

  Familiarity information: PARENCHYMA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARENCHYMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("parenchyma" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("parenchyma" is a kind of...):

plant tissue (the tissue of a plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parenchyma"):

chlorenchyma (parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts)

Holonyms ("parenchyma" is a substance of...):

flesh; pulp (a soft moist part of a fruit)

pith (soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants)

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)

 Context examples 

Breast fibrocystic change characterized by the prominence of fibrotic changes in the parenchyma.

(Breast Fibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant neoplasm of the breast parenchyma.

(Breast Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant biphasic neoplasm that arises from the breast parenchyma.

(Breast Fibroepithelial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It is secreted by the liver parenchyma and stored in the gallbladder.

(Bile, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the breast parenchyma in males.

(Benign Male Breast Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm arising from the lung parenchyma, bronchial tree, or trachea.

(Benign Respiratory Tract Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by bleeding from the bronchial wall and/or lung parenchyma.

(Bronchial Hemorrhage, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the breast parenchyma and has metastasized to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Squamous Cell Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Benign papillary proliferation within the ductal system of the breast parenchyma.

(Papillary Ductal Breast Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

The pineal parenchyma consists of follicles lined by epithelium and enveloped by connective tissues.

(Pineal Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)