Taber's Medical Dictionary
stroma
(strō′mă)
(strō′mă-tă)
pl. stromata [Gr. strōma, stem strōmat-, bed covering]
1. The tissues that support the foundations of an organ as opposed to the functional parts of an organ (the parenchyma).
SEE: parenchyma
2. The membranous lipid-protein framework within a red blood cell to which hemoglobin molecules are attached.
stromalstromatic (strō′măl) (strō-mat′ik), adj.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Stroma." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752263/all/corneal_stroma.
Stroma. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752263/all/corneal_stroma. Accessed April 26, 2026.
Stroma. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752263/all/corneal_stroma
Stroma [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 26]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752263/all/corneal_stroma.
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