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Webster 1913 Edition


Plasson


Plas′son

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] to form.]
(Biol.)
The albuminous material composing the body of a cytode.
☞ It is considered simpler than protoplasm of an ordinary cell in that it has not undergone differentiation into the inner cell nucleus and the outer cell substance.
Haeckel.

Definition 2024


plasson

plasson

English

Noun

plasson (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, cytology) A mass of undifferentiated anucleate protoplasm supposed to be the simplest structure of living organisms