Idioplasma

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

  Idioplasma \Id`i*o*plas"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'i`dios proper,
     peculiar + ? a form, mold.] (Biol.)
     That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all
     active changes, and which carries on the function of
     hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other
     portion, which is termed nutritive plasma. See {Hygroplasm}.


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