Biol. [f. BIO- † Gr. πλαστ-ός molded, formed.]
A small separate portion of Bioplasm generally less than the thousandth of an inch in diameter. (Beale).
1883. Wright, Dogm. Scept., 9. Lionell Beale, who originated the valued method of staining red all bioplasts in living tissues.
1884. Hayward, in Daily News, 19 Sept., 7/3. Some maintaining that the germs were vegetable spores, whilst others assert that they were animal bioplasts.
Hence Bioplastic a.
1877. Saintsbury, in Academy, 10 Feb., 112. The third volume, where a Woman’s College and a bioplastic professor are introduced.
