bioplast Biol.
(ˈbaɪəʊplæst)
[f. bio- + Gr. πλαστ-ός moulded, formed.]
A small separate portion of Bioplasm generally less than the thousandth of an inch in diameter. (Beale).
| 1883 Wright Dogm. Scept. 9 Lionell Beale, who originated the valued method of staining red all bioplasts in living tissues. 1884 Hayward in Daily News 19 Sept. 7/3 Some maintaining that the germs were vegetable spores, whilst others assert that they were animal bioplasts. |
Hence bioplastic a.
| 1877 Saintsbury in Academy 10 Feb. 112 The third volume, where a Woman's College and a bioplastic professor are introduced. |