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protoplasmic, a.|prəʊtəʊˈplæzmɪk|
[f. protoplasm + -ic. So F. protoplasmique.]
Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of protoplasm.
1854J. H. Balfour in Encycl. Brit. (ed. 8) V. 67/1 The formation of nuclei or cells in a protoplasmic matrix. 1859Todd's Cycl. Anat. V. 217/1 The protoplasmic membrane divides..into particles. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 56 All cells originate..either free in the cavities of older cells, or at least in the protoplasmic fluid elaborated by their agency; or by the division of such cells.
fig.1888Athenæum 7 Jan. 13 The metrical systems of the banished régime..have, no doubt, a primitve and even a protoplasmic simplicity. 1891Daily News 20 Oct. 2/6 The barber-surgeon and medicine man of ancient times, who furnished the protoplasmic material out of which the art of medicine and surgery had been evolved.
b. Relating to protoplasm; acting upon or affecting protoplasm.
1876Bartholow Mat. Med. (1879) 148 Quinia..is a protoplasmic poison, and arrests the amoebiform movements of the white corpuscles. 1903Myers Human Personality I. 117 Which..to avoid the ambiguities of the word Darwinian, I will call the protoplasmic solution. |