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Webster 1913 Edition


Bioplasm

Bi′o-plasm

(bī′ō̍-plăz’m)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
βίοσ
life +
πλάσμα
form, mold, fr.
πλάσσειν
to mold.]
(Biol.)
A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter supposed to be essential to the functions of all living beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm.