What does «parenquimatoso» mean in Spanish?
- Pertaining to or relating to parenchyma (histological tissue of plants and animals).
Examples of use in Spanish: "tejido parenquimatoso".
- In medicine, it is said of inflammatory lesions that particularly affect the noble element (epithelium) of an organ, for example, parenchymal nephritis.
Examples of use in Spanish: "quiste parenquimatoso en el riñón".
- (tejido parenquimatoso) In plants, it is the main part of the body of a plant. It is a simple tissue with little specialization, which is made up of mature living cells, but which retain their ability to divide. Photosynthesis and the storage of water and reserve substances are carried out through this tissue. Also the parenchymatous cells that form part of the xylem and phloem.
- (tejido parenquimatoso) In animals, it refers to the physiological aspects of a tissue in the constitutive context that such a tissue component has for an organ. In other words, parenchyma refers to those tissues that make the organ functional. In contrast, the term stroma refers to the supporting tissues (usually connective tissue). Thus, for example, the glandular epithelia are recognized as parenchyma, since they form the secretory part (adenomere) in a gland.
- (hemorragia parenquimatosa) In medicine, collection of blood within the brain parenchyma secondary to a non-traumatic vascular rupture, its severity is variable depending on the size, time of evolution and location of the hematoma. It usually presents a high mortality rate due to its condition or its complications.