Stroma may refer to:
Biology
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Stroma (tissue)
Stroma () is the part of a tissue or organ with a structural or connective role. It is made up of all the parts without specific functions of the organ - for example, connective tissue, blood vessels, ducts, etc. The other part, the parenchyma ...
, the connective, functionally supportive framework of a biological cell, tissue, or organ (in contrast, the parenchyma is the functional aspect of a tissue)
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Stroma of ovary, a soft tissue, well supplied with blood, consisting of spindle-shaped cells with a small amount of connective tissue
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Stroma of iris, fibres and cells in the iris
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Stroma of cornea, plates of collagen fibrils in the cornea
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Lymph node stromal cell, cells which provide a scaffold for other lymph node cells
** Stroma of red blood cell, encloses Hemoglobin proteins within the red blood cell
**In mycology, a stroma is a
tissue structure of some ascomycete mushrooms.
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Stroma (fluid), the fluid in between grana, where carbohydrate-formation reactions occur in the chloroplasts of plant cells photosynthesizing
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Stromal cell, a connective tissue cell of any organ; supports the function of the parenchyma
Places
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Island of Stroma
The Island of Stroma or Isle of Stroma or Stroma, is an uninhabited island off the northern coast of the mainland of Scotland, just north of John o' Groats. It is the most southerly of the islands in the Pentland Firth between the Orkney isl ...
, a now uninhabited island off the northern coast of Scotland
People
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Freddie Stroma (born 1987), British actor known for playing Cormac McLaggen in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
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Stroma Buttrose (born 1929), Australian architect
Other
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Stroma (musical group), a New Zealand chamber music ensemble
See also
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Stromae (born 1985), Belgian singer
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Struma (disambiguation)
Struma may refer to:
* Struma (medicine), a swelling in the neck due to an enlarged thyroid gland
* Struma (skin disease), a mycobacterial skin disease
* Struma (river), a river in Bulgaria and Greece
* Struma motorway, a Bulgarian motorway
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Stromatolite, layered bio-chemical accretionary structures formed in shallow water by the trapping, binding and cementation of sedimentary grains by biofilms (microbial mats) of microorganisms, especially cyanobacteria
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Stromer (disambiguation)
Stromer is a surname of German origin. It may be derived either from the occupation of Strohmeyer, straw tax collector, or from 'Strōmer', "tramp". Notable persons with the name include:
* Del Stromer (1930–2003), American politician
*Eric Str ...
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