Taber's Medical Dictionary
parenchyma
(pă-reng′kĭ-mă )
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The essential parts of an organ that are concerned with its function as opposed to its framework (the stroma).
SEE: stroma
parenchymalparenchymatous (pă-reng′kĭ-măl) (par″ĕn-kī′măl) (par″ĕn-kī′măt-ŭs) (par″ĕn-kim′ăt-ŭs), adj.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Parenchyma." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758239/all/parenchymatous.
Parenchyma. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758239/all/parenchymatous. Accessed May 3, 2026.
Parenchyma. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758239/all/parenchymatous
Parenchyma [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 03]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758239/all/parenchymatous.
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