parenchyma
/pəˈɹɛŋ.kɪm.ə/
parenchyma noun: the functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
Noun
parenchyma (countable and uncountable, plural parenchymas or parenchymata)
- The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
- Previously blood and air had been thought to mingle freely in the fleshy parenchyma of the lungs, but the microscope now revealed the membranous alveoli at the ends of the tracheo-bronchial ramifications.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 217
- The cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent, found chiefly in the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc.
- Cellular tissue lying between the body wall and the organs of invertebrate animals lacking a coelom, such as flatworms.
- [I]n a Sponge, the Parenchyma, it seems, is but a kind of mucous gelly, which is very easily and cleerly wash'd away.1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXII
parenchyma meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Tagalog and Indonesian
parenchyma in Tamil
- சுரப்பித் திசு, பாரங்கைமா, புடைக்கலவிழையம், சோற்றிழையம், அருகுக்கலவிழையம், உறுப்பக இழையம்
parenchyma in Malayalam
- parenchyma
- മൃദൂതകം mr̥dūtakaṁ
parenchyma in Tagalog
- functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue
- mulsihayan
parenchyma in Indonesian
- functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue
- parenkim
More languagesFewer languages
- parenchyma in Persian
- پارانشیم pârânšim, نرمآگنه narm-âgane
Examples of parenchyma in a sentence
- The rhabdite-forming cells are situated in the parenchyma underneath the longitudinal subepidermal muscle layer.
- Parenchyma is vasicentric in the early wood, but aliform and confluent in the end of growth ring.
- Most (78%) lesions overall hypoenhance compared with background parenchyma.
Antonyms of parenchyma
Forms of parenchyma
| plural | parenchymas |
|---|---|
| plural | parenchymata |
Origin of parenchyma
From Ancient Greek παρέγχῠμα (parénkhŭma, “anything poured in beside”), from πᾰρᾰ- (pără-, “beside”) + ἔγχῠμα (énkhŭma, “instillation, content of a vessel”), given by the Greek anatomist Erasistratus to the peculiar substance of the lungs, liver, kidneys, and spleen, as if formed separately by the veins that run into them. By surface analysis, para- + -enchyma.
Words formed from parenchyma
Questions about parenchyma
- What does parenchyma mean?
- Parenchyma means the functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.
- What is parenchyma in Tamil?
- Parenchyma in Tamil is சுரப்பித் திசு, பாரங்கைமா, புடைக்கலவிழையம். See Parenchyma meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is parenchyma?
- Parenchyma is a noun.
- How do you pronounce parenchyma?
- Parenchyma is pronounced /pəˈɹɛŋ.kɪm.ə/.
- What is the plural of parenchyma?
- The plural of parenchyma is parenchymas.
Words near parenchyma in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: parenchyma (page history and authors); parenchyma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മൃദൂതകം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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