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stroma stro·ma

Spelling: [stroh-muh]

IPA: /ˈstroʊ mə/

Stroma is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 173 anagrams from letters in stroma (amorst).

Definitions for stroma

noun

1. Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
2. Anatomy. the supporting framework, usually of connective tissue, of an organ, as distinguished from the parenchyma.
3. Mycology. (in certain fungi) a compact, somatic mass of fungous tissue, in or on which the fructifications may be developed.
4. Botany. the matrix of a chloroplast, containing various molecules and ions.

Origin of stroma

1825-35; Late Latin strōma mattress Greek strôma bed-covering; akin to Latin sternere to spread, strew, strātum (see stratum)

Examples for stroma

The perithecia are arranged in a circle neat the apex of the stroma.

It is also found accumulated in the thickness of the stroma, and between the muscular fibres.

Both are a collection of cells diverse in form, multipolar, and maintained by a conjunctive pellicule (stroma).

Where the iris tissue lies in contact with the cornea, the stroma of the iris almost totally disappears.

Towards the end of the year, shortly stipitate spores appear on their stroma, which do not fall off.

A perithecium, or cell excavated in the stroma which fulfils the functions of a perithecium, is always present.

The stroma is generally scanty and rich in cells, but it may be abundant.

It is formed of a core of stroma and a covering of epithelium.

As the disease progresses, the stroma of the iris atrophies and contracts.

When pus forms it may infiltrate the stroma of the gland, or may be collected into several small foci.