Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
hygroplasma .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to
stereoplasm , the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposed to be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology, archaic The
fluid portion of thecell protoplasm , in opposition tostereoplasm , thesolid orinsoluble portion.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek wet + form, mould.
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