Definition of Parenchyma

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

Generic synonyms: Animal Tissue

2. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Plant Tissue
Substance meronyms: Flesh, Pulp, Pith, Root, Foliage, Leaf, Leafage
Specialized synonyms: Chlorenchyma

Definition of Parenchyma

1. n. The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.

Definition of Parenchyma

1. Noun. (context: animal biology) The functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) The ground tissue making up most of the non-woody parts of a plant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parenchyma

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Medical Definition of Parenchyma

1. The essential elements of an organ, used in anatomical nomenclature as a general term to designate the functional elements of an organ, as distinguished from its framework or stroma. Origin: Gr. = anything poured in beside This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parenchyma

parelius
parella
parellas
parelle
parelles
parembole
paremiological
paremiologist
paremiologists
paremiology
paren
parencephalitis
parencephalocele
parencephalous
parenchyma (current term)
parenchymal
parenchymal atelectasis
parenchymal cell
parenchymas
parenchymata
parenchymatitis
parenchymatous
parenchymatous cartilage
parenchymatous cell of corpus pineale
parenchymatous degeneration
parenchymatous goiter
parenchymatous haemorrhage
parenchymatous mastitis
parenchymatous neuritis

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