||Stro"ma (?), n.; pl.
Stromata (#). [L., a bed covering, Gr. &?; a couch
or bed.] 1. (Anat.) (a)
The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as,
the stroma of the kidney. (b) The
spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other
cell.
2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular
tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which
incloses the perithecia.
||Stro"ma (?), n.; pl.
Stromata (#). [L., a bed covering, Gr. &?; a couch
or bed.] 1. (Anat.) (a)
The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as,
the stroma of the kidney. (b) The
spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other
cell.
2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular
tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which
incloses the perithecia.
