a. [f. STROMA + -AL.] Of, pertaining to, or of the character of the stroma or supporting tissue of an organ.
1846. W. H. Walshe, Cancer, 13. The stromal substance … divides the mass into minute loculi, lobules, and lobes.
1863. W. T. Fox, Skin Dis., 42. The parasite … is often present in its stromal form.
