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Webster 1913 Edition
Idioplasma
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Idˊi-o-plas′ma
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἴδιοσ
proper, peculiar + [GREEK] a form, mold.] (Biol.)
That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; – distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See
Hygroplasm
.