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STROMA (stromata)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stroma mean?
• STROMA (noun)
The noun STROMA has 3 senses:
1. a mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it
2. the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
3. the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
Familiarity information: STROMA used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("stroma" is a kind of...):
plant tissue (the tissue of a plant)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("stroma" is a kind of...):
plant tissue (the tissue of a plant)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("stroma" is a kind of...):
animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)
Context examples
It is characterized by the presence of an epithelial component and fibromyxoid stroma.
(Ameloblastic Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of an epithelial component, fibromyxoid stroma, and dentin formation.
(Ameloblastic Fibrodentinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of a fibromyxoid stroma, epithelial component, dentin, and enamel.
(Ameloblastic Fibro-Odontoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is composed of epithelial cells and stroma.
(Benign Ovarian Surface Epithelial-Stromal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant neoplasm primarily composed of a spindle cell stroma.
(Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
An adenocarcinoma arising from the appendix, characterized by the presence of mucinous stroma formation and cystic structures.
(Appendix Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A low grade carcinoma of the kidney characterized by the presence of tubules which are separated by mucinous stroma.
(Mucinous Tubular and Spindle Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)
It is composed of granulosa cells in an often fibrothecomatous stroma.
(Adult Type Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare benign neoplasm that arises from the prostate gland and is characterized by the presence of hyperplastic glands and stroma that contains spindle-shaped cells.
(Benign Prostate Phyllodes Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic finding that indicates the presence of myxoid changes in the stroma of a tissue sample.
(Myxoid Stroma Formation, NCI Thesaurus)
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