Hygroplasm

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

  Hygroplasm \Hy"gro*plasm\, n. [Gr. ? wet + ? form, mold.]
     (Biol.)
     The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to
     stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is
     supposed to be partly nutritive and partly composed of
     idioplasm.


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