Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bioplasm

Bioplasm (bī"o*plaz'm) , noun

[Greek bi`os life + pla`sma form, mold, from pla`ssein to mold.]

(Biology) A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter supposed to be essential to the functions of all living beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm.