bioplasm Biol.
(ˈbaɪəʊplæzm)
[f. bio- + Gr. πλάσµα a thing moulded.]
Prof. Beale's term for: The germinal matter of all living beings; living ‘protoplasm.’
| 1872 Beale Bioplasm i. §14 As the germ of every living thing consists of matter having the wonderful properties already mentioned, I have called it germinal matter; but the most convenient and least objectionable name for it is living plasma or bioplasm. 1882 Spectator 30 Sept. 1251 A bit of bioplasm, or a minute parasitical organism. |
Hence bioˈplasmic a.
| 1872 Nicholson Biol. 71 Bioplasmic matter is colourless, transparent, and apparently wholly destitute of structure. 1883 Wright Dogm. Sceptic. 12 Bioplasmic theories. |