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plasmogen

plasmogen noun: the important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Also the misspelling of plasminogen.

Noun

plasmogen (uncountable)

  1. The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration.
    • Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen.
    • With regard to the structure of protoplasm, he held that it was vesicular, the reticulum or walls of the vesicles being the part of the protoplasm in which the plasmogen resides, which is not contained in vesicular spaces.1887 October, W.R. Lighton, “Microscopical Technique”, in The American Monthly Microscopical Journal, volume 8, number 10, page 196

Also used as

plasmogen is also the misspelling of plasminogen.

Origin of plasmogen

From plasma + -gen.

Questions about plasmogen

What does plasmogen mean?
Plasmogen means the important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration.
What part of speech is plasmogen?
Plasmogen is a noun.

Words near plasmogen in the dictionary

  1. plasmoditrophoblasts
  2. plasmodium
  3. plasmodiums
  4. plasmogamic
  5. plasmogamy
  6. plasmogen
  7. plasmogenous
  8. plasmogony
  9. plasmoid
  10. plasmoids
  11. plasmolipin

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