idioplasm
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- idioplasmatic adjective
- idioplasmic adjective
Etymology
Origin of idioplasm
Example Sentences
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Cells and cell-properties are essential parts of Weismann's theory; while Naegeli has attempted to make his theory of the idioplasm independent of the whole conception of cells.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
Varieties arise by extremely slow changes in the idioplasm due to the perfecting process and adaptation.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
Wounds, healing of, in relation to idioplasm, xii.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
Along with the above named phylogenetic processes, which take place by the automatic increase of the idioplasm, external influences are always active.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
The configuration of the idioplasm is a character of phylogeny and the determinants in it have by nature the tendency to develop in the order in which they were formed.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
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