† paraplasman.
Obsolete.
1. Cell Biology.
a. = paraplasm n. 1a.
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1878 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 18 316 Kupffer maintains..that their substance is composed of a hyaline substance (non-fluid) ground substance, ‘Paraplasm,’ and of a granular-fibrillar contractile ‘Protoplasma’ embedded in the former.
1889 Bot. Gaz. 14 241 Under ordinary circumstances, protoplasm is composed of a mesh of inconceivable fineness, in which mesh are entangled the more liquid interfilar portions (paraplasma).
b. = paraplasm n. 1b.
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the world > life > biology > substance > cell > cell substance > [noun] > protoplasm or cytoplasm > types or forms of
cytoblastema1840
cell sap1842
hyaline1864
metaplasm1875
plasson1879
nucleoplasm1882
reticulum1883
hyaloplasm1886
mitome1886
paramitome1886
spongioplasm1886
paraplasm1887
paraplasma1891
trophoplasm1892
kinoplasm1894
blepharoplast1897
plasmagel1923
plasmasol1923
1891 Proc. Royal Soc. 1890–91 49 65 When insoluble, they are precipitated in the shape of drops or vacuoles, globules, granules, crystals. For these products only the name of Paraplasma should be reserved.
2. Abnormal tissue; esp. a neoplasm or malformation. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > abnormal or morbid tissue
adherence1667
adhesion1698
bridle1739
membrane1765
pseudomembrane1824
heterology1854
neoplasm1863
synechia1873
heteroplasm1878
paraplasm1890
paraplasma1890
heteromorphosis1891
1890 Cent. Dict. Paraplasm, 1. A neoplasm.—2. A malformation.—3. Paramitom.
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