alloplasm
noun
al·lo·plasm
plural -s
: differentiated active protoplasm (as myofibrils, tonofibrils, and cilia)
also : certain protoplasmic derivatives (as cell walls or intercellular substances)
alloplasmatic adjective
-ˌplaz¦matik
alloplasmic adjective
¦⸗⸗¦plazmik
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary all- + -plasm; probably back-formation from alloplasmatic, from all- + plasmatic; originally formed as German alloplasmatisch
First Known Use
circa 1939, in the meaning defined above
- polymerizable
- polymerizate
- polymerization
- recultivated
- recultivates
- recultivating
- recultivation
- recultivations
- recumb
- recumbence
- recumbences
- recumbencies
- recumbency
- recumbent
- recumbent anticline
- recumbentibus
- recumbently
- recuperability
- recuperate
- recuperated
- recuperates
- recuperating
- recuperation
- recuperations
- recuperative