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periplasm
[
per
-
uh
-plaz-
uh
m]
WORD ORIGIN
noun
an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
Origin of
periplasm
First recorded in
1885–90;
peri-
+
-plasm
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