See Also: symplasm(dictionary)

symplasm (iou)



symplasm noun. E20.
[from SYM- + PLASM.]
Bacteriology. A group of bacterial cells that have coalesced into one amorphous mass. Now rare or obsolete. E20.
Botany. (The cytoplasm of) a symplast. M20.
sym'plasmic adjective E20.