deutoplasm

[ doo-tuh-plaz-uhm, dyoo- ]

noun

, Embryology.

1. the reserve nutritive material, as a yolk granule, in the ovarian cytoplasm.

deutoplasm

/ ˈdjuːtərəʊˌplæzəm; ˈdjuːtəˌplæzəm /

noun

1. rare.
   nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum

Derived Forms

• ˌdeutoˈplasmic, adjective

Other Words From

• deuto·plasmic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deutoplasm¹

1880–85; < Greek deút ( eros ) second + -o- + -plasm