Enchylemma

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

  Enchylemma \En`chy*lem"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to pour in + ?
     anything received.] (Biol.)
     The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or
     granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which
     the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.
     [1913 Webster]