STROMAL
- STROMA, the substance that forms the framework of an organ or cell [adj]
- the supporting framework or matrix of a cell
- (in certain fungi) a compact, somatic mass of fungous tissue, in or on which the fructifications may be developed
- the supporting framework, usually of connective tissue, of an organ, as distinguished from the parenchyma
- pertaining to a stroma (a supporting framework of connecting tissue) [adj]