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.
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Parenchyma
//pəˈɹɛŋ.kɪm.ə//
Synonyms for "parenchyma" (4 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պարենքիմ noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Catalan
1 entries- parènquima noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 實質 /实质 noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Czech
1 entries- parenchym noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
French
1 entries- parenchyme noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
German
1 entries- Parenchym noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Greek
1 entries- παρέγχυμα noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Hebrew
1 entries- פרנכימה noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Indonesian
1 entries- parenkim noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Italian
1 entries- parenchima noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- parenkym noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Persian
2 entries- نرمآگنه noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
- پارانشیم noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Portuguese
1 entries- parênquima noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Romanian
1 entries- parenchim noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Russian
1 entries- паренхи́ма noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Spanish
1 entries- parénquima noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Swedish
1 entries- parenkym noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Tagalog
1 entries- mulsihayan noun (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue)
Sample sentences
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[I]n a Sponge, the Parenchyma, it seems, is but a kind of mucous gelly, which is very easily and cleerly wash'd away.
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