Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
germ-plasma .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed
nutritive plasma . Seehygroplasm .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology, archaic A portion of the
cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function ofhereditary transmission ; distinguished from the other portion, which is termednutritive plasma .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek proper, peculiar + a form, mould.
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