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parenchymatous, a.|pærɛŋˈkɪmətəs| [f. Gr. παρέγχυµα, παρεγχυµατ- (see prec.) + -ous.] 1. Anat. and Zool. a. Consisting of or having the nature of parenchyma (sense 1); spec. applied to intestinal worms whose bodies are composed of solid parenchyma with no visceral cavity.
1667Phil. Trans. II. 498 Their Liver is of a dark Green, inclining to black, and Parenchymatous. 1766Underwood ibid. LVII. 5 Under this kind of parenchymatous substance..was a muscular mass. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. xi. 319 The Parenchymatous intestinal worms of Cuvier. 1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 19/2 The abdominal viscera may be subdivided into the membranous and the parenchymatous. b. Of or belonging to the parenchyma of an organ; occurring in or affecting the parenchyma.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 88 Parenchymatous or deep-seated inflammation..distinguished from meningic. 1866A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 54 The cells in inflamed parts undergo parenchymatous degeneration. 1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Path. 210 Parenchymatous hæmorrhages. 2. Bot. Consisting, or having the nature, of parenchyma (sense 2); of or belonging to the parenchyma.
1791Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing II. ii. iii. i. 112 The..ligneous parts are more easily pounded than the parenchymatous parts. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) 7 Cells have been divided into parenchymatous and prosenchymatous; parenchymatous being..applied to those cells which are placed end to end; and prosenchymatous to those which are attenuated, and overlap one another,..but various transitional states occur which render it impossible to draw..a distinct line of demarcation between them. 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 517 Narrow ligneous bundles are separated..by broad parenchymatous medullary rays. Hence parenˈchymatously adv.
1834Therapeutic Gaz. VIII. 555 The injection of tincture of iodine parenchymatously is dangerous in cases where the growth is very vascular. |