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Word: Periplasm
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Garnsey (1826–1903). From peri- + -plasm
Definition:
In an oomycete, especially one of the order Peronosporales: the outer portion of the cytoplasm in an oogonium or antheridium.
Definition:
The cytoplasm just inside the vitelline membrane of an insect's egg, surrounding the yolk.
Definition:
The region of a bacterial or other cell between the plasma membrane and the cell wall or outer membrane.
