In the terminology of L. S. Beale: a unit of bioplasm as an independently existing entity capable of growth and reproduction; the living part of…

Biology. A unit of protoplasm, a cell. Obsolete.

A hypothetical ultimate particle of protoplasm.

the cytoplasmic component of a cell; an anucleate or enucleated cell; cf. nucleoplast, n.

Wiesner's term for: a supposed ultimate unit of living protoplasm.

Biology. Hertwig's term for: a hypothetical unit of living protoplasm involved in heredity. Now historical and rare.

= nucleolus, n.

Biology. The protoplasm of a single cell; esp. (in later use) a living plant or bacterial cell whose cell wall has been removed or destroyed…

A hypothetical protoplasmic unit. Cf. biophor, n. Now historical.