"stroma" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /stɹoʊmə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stroma.wav Forms: stromata [plural]
Etymology: From Latin stroma (“bed covering”), from Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed”), from στόρνυμι (stórnumi, “to stretch out”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|stroma||bed covering}} Latin stroma (“bed covering”), {{der|en|grc|στρῶμα||bed}} Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*sterh₃-}} Head templates: {{en-noun|stromata}} stroma (plural stromata)
  1. (anatomy) The tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it. Wikipedia link: Stroma (animal tissue) Categories (topical): Anatomy Derived forms: vascular stroma Related terms: pseudostroma, stromagenesis, stromatal, stromatization, trabecula Translations (the tissue structure of an organ): 基質 (Chinese Mandarin), 基质 (jīzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), stroma [masculine] (Italian), строма (stroma) (Kazakh), stroma [neuter] (Latin), പീഠിക (pīṭhika) (Malayalam), wēkāriki (Maori), estroma [masculine] (Portuguese)

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