axoplasm Anat.
(ˈæksəʊplæz(ə)m)
[f. axo- + Gr. πλάσµα (cf. plasm 4).]
The substance that surrounds the fibrils of an axon.
| 1900 in Dorland Med. Dict. 1937 Nature 13 Feb. 292/2 If a giant nerve fibre [of a cephalopod] is cut, the axoplasm flows out from the sheath, showing it to be a viscous fluid. 1963 New Scientist 25 Apr. 188 The deeper white matter [of the brain] consists of innumerable electrical conducting fibres—semifluid threads of ‘axoplasm’. |