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periplasm

American

[per-uh-plaz-uhm] / ˈpɛr əˌplæz əm /

noun

an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.

Etymology

Origin of periplasm

First recorded in 1885–90; peri- + -plasm

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