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per⋅i⋅plasm

  [per-uh-plaz-uhm]
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–noun
an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
Origin:
1885–90; peri- + -plasm
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per·i·plasm   (pěr'ə-plāz'əm)   
n.  The region near or immediately within a bacterial or other cell wall, outside the plasma membrane.
per'i·plas'mic adj.
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