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bioplasm

British  
/ ˈbaɪəʊˌplæzəm /

noun

  1. rare living matter; protoplasm

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To define a bioplast as a germinal point in germinal matter, or bioplasm, is to draw no satisfactory line of distinction between the two, except that the one is a mere aggregation of the other.

From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright

The two opening sections of this book treat of kami that were in the minds even of the makers of the myths little more than mud and water13—the mere bioplasm of deity.

From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Nor can any difference be discerned between the bioplasm matter of the lowest, simplest, epithelial scale of man's organism and that from which the nerve cells of his brain are to be evolved.

From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond

But decidedly the most objectionable statement of Professor Beale, although one confidently re-affirmed by our "Boston Monday Lecturer," is that which makes bioplasm and bioplasts the only "living matter."

From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright

Both processes take place only in bioplasm or vitalized matter, supplied with oxygen, water and heat.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen

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