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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun True protoplasm; bioplasm. See the quotation, and germ-plasma.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biol.) The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen.

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  • noun biochemistry The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration.

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plasma +‎ -gen

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