stroma
pronunciation
How to pronounce stroma in British English:
UK ['strəʊmə]
How to pronounce stroma in American English:
US ['stroʊmə]
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- Noun:
- the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
- the supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma)
Word Origin
- stroma (n.)
- 1835 in anatomy, plural stromae, Modern Latin, from Latin stroma "bed covering," from Greek stroma "coverlet, covering, mattress, anything spread out for lying or sitting on" (see structure (n.)).
Example
- 1. Supporting this network is a deeper layer of connective tissue called stroma .
- 2. The fact that three stromal features were on the list suggests that the surrounding stroma influences whether or not a cancer progresses and kills the patient .
- 3. Dr. gregg homer of calif. - based stroma medical , the company behind the experimental procedure , told ktla.com that he 's convinced it doesn 't affect vision .
- 4. Objective to investigate the effects of adhesion mediated by bone marrow stroma cells from leukemia patient on chemotherapeutics sensitivity and cell cycle of jurkat cells in the co-cultured model .
- 5. Imaging diagnosis of gastointestinal stroma tumors .