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Same as Plasma.

e cell, out of which the various tissues are formed by a process of differentiation; protoplasm.

Of or pertaining to plasma; having the character of plasma; containing, or conveying, plasma.

The act of forming or molding. [R.] Grafton.

A former; a fashioner. [R.] "The sovereign plasmator, God Almighty." Urquhart.

Form; mold. [R.]

Of, pertaining to, or connected with, plasma; plasmatic.

A proteid body, separated by some physiologists from blood plasma. It is probably identical with fibrinogen.

Of or pertaining to, or like, a plasmodium; as, the plasmodial form of a life cycle.

A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion.

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

ers, for mixing with cocoa, etc. A mixture of this with butter, water, and salt is called Plasmon butter, and resembles clotted cream in appearance.

The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitotic cell division, and of which they consist.

ng beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm.

A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice. Dunglison.

The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus. -- Cy`to*plas"mic (-pl, a.

The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk.

The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.

The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.