archoplasm
noun
ar·cho·plasm
ˈärkəˌplazəm
variants or less commonly archoplasma
ˌ⸗⸗ˈplazmə
plural -s
: supposedly specialized protoplasm formerly held to constitute the achromatic figure but now usually regarded as an optical artifact indicative of changes in colloidal state occurring during mitosis —opposed to trophoplasm
archoplasmic adjective
¦⸗⸗¦plazmik
Word History
Etymology
New Latin archoplasma, from archo- (from Greek archōn ruler) + -plasma