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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cytoplasmic substance in the gastric cells of Amphibia. It is supposed to arise from the chromatin of the nucleus and to pass into the cytoplasm where it becomes zymogen which is eventually discharged from the cell after the chromatin of the nucleus has been restored.
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