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Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.

ombined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb.

Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition.

ct of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin. South. Those profitable and excellent emanations from God. Jer. Taylor.

Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.

A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. Emphysema of the lungs, Pulmonary emphysema (Med.), a common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and their partition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the air contained in them.

equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.

to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance.

The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.

The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.

The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.

The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.

A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.

rom within; increasing by internal growth. Endogenous multiplication (Biol.), a method of cell formation, seen in cells having a cell wall. The nucleus and protoplasm divide into two distinct masses; these in turn become divided and subdivided, each division becoming a new cell, until finally the original cell wall is…

Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.

The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.

The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta.

The inner lining of an another cell.

To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." Trench. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope.

That which ennobles; excellence; dignity.