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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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Bī′oblast, a formative cell, a minute mass of bioplasm or protoplasm about to become a definite cell.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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

A bioplast, they tell us, is a germinal point in germinal matter or bioplasm.

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

A tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and having formative power, as a living white blood corpuscle; bioblast.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

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