plasmogen

English

Etymology

plasma +‎ -gen

Noun

plasmogen (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration.

   Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “plasmogen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)