Deutoplasm

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deutoplasm \Deu"to*plasm\, n. [Pref. deuto- + Gr. ? form.]
     (Biol.)
     The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a
     cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm;
     yolk substance; yolk.
     [1913 Webster]