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trophoplasm definition

tropho·plasm (träf′ə plaz′əm)

noun

the nutritive or vegetative substance of an organic cell, as fat or yolk granules

Etymology: tropho- + -plasm

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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