ergastoplasmn.
/əːˈɡastəʊplaz(ə)m/ Biology.
(See quot. 1925.)
ΚΠ
1902 E. B. Wilson Cell (ed. 2) vi. 322 The conception of a dominating or ‘superior’ cytoplasm (including ‘archoplasm’, ‘kinoplasm’, ‘ergastoplasm’).
1925 E. B. Wilson Cell (ed. 3) iv. 264 The term ‘ergastoplasm’, originally applied by Garnier and Bouin to the basophilic fibrillar formations in certain types of cells..has recently been resuscitated..as a non-committal term applied to strongly basophilic cytoplasmic material.
1964 G. H. Haggis et al. Introd. Molecular Biol. i. 12 Two differentiated regions of the cytoplasm can be recognized in the microscope—one being usually called the Golgi region, the other the ergastoplasm.
1964 G. H. Haggis et al. Introd. Molecular Biol. v. 137 The ergastoplasm or rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum.
Derivatives
ergastoˈplasmic adj.
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1902 E. B. Wilson Cell (ed. 2) vi. 322 The ‘ergastoplasmic’ (Garnier) fibrillæ of gland-cells.
1903 Nature 12 Mar. 455/2 (title) On the structure of the tracheal cell of the gad-fly, and on the origin of the ergastoplasmic formations.
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