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Webster 1913 Edition


Deutoplasm

Deu′to-plasm

,
Noun.
[Pref.
deuto-
+ Gr. [GREEK] 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.

Definition 2024


deutoplasm

deutoplasm

English

Noun

deutoplasm (usually uncountable, plural deutoplasms)

  1. (biology) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.