Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryProtoplasm. · A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape. · A membrane or cell layer, especially one in an embryo that later develops into a structure; the constituent cells of such a layer.
From Late Latin plasma (“mold”) or Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something formed”), in some cases via German Plasma or French plasme, like English plasma.
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