OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 34123

parenchyma

/pəˈɹɛŋ.kɪm.ə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
parénquima
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-…