plasson
(Science: biology) The albuminous material composing the body of a cytode.
It is considered simpler than protoplasm of an ordinary cell in that it has not undergone differentiation into the inner cell nucleus and the outer cell substance.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. To form.
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