parenchyma

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A noun referring to the essential or functional tissue of an organ in animals, as opposed to supporting or connective tissue; in plants, it denotes the fundamental tissue composed of thin-walled cells that make up the bulk of leaves, roots, fruit pulp, and stems.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das das Grund- oder Funktionsgewebe eines Organs bei Tieren bezeichnet, im Gegensatz zu Stütz- oder Bindegewebe; bei Pflanzen das Grundgewebe aus dünnwandigen Zellen, das die Hauptmasse von Blättern, Wurzeln, Fruchtfleisch und Stängeln bildet.

1. Essential animal tissue C2 formal medical

   The functional tissue of an organ, as opposed to its supporting connective tissue or blood vessels.

   • The liver's parenchyma is responsible for detoxification.
   • Damage to the renal parenchyma can impair kidney function.
   • The surgeon carefully removed the tumor while preserving the healthy parenchyma.

   🇩🇪Parenchym

   Antonyme: stroma

2. Plant tissue C2 formal scientific

   The fundamental tissue of higher plants, composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of division, forming the bulk of leaves, roots, fruit pulp, and stem pith.

   • The leaf's parenchyma is where most photosynthesis occurs.
   • Fruit parenchyma cells store sugars and water.
   • The pith of a stem is made of soft parenchyma tissue.

   🇩🇪Parenchym

• parenchymas plural form
• parenchymata plural form
• parenchymas' possessive plural form
• parenchymata's possessive plural form
• parenchyma's possessive singular form