Definition of Bioblast

1. n. Same as Bioplast.

Definition of Bioblast

1. Noun. (alternative form of bioplast) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bioblast

1. a tiny granule of protoplasm [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bioblast

1. When Altmann first observed mitochondria he considered them to be intracellular parasites and christened them bioblasts. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bioblast

bioautography
bioavailabilities
bioavailability
bioavailabilty
bioavailable
bioavailibility
biobank
biobanker
biobanking
biobanks
biobased
biobed
biobeds
biobehavioral
biobehavioural
bioblast (current term)
bioblasts
bioburden
bioburdens
biobutanol
biocalorimetry
biocapsule
biocapsules
biocatalysis
biocatalyst
biocatalysts
biocatalytic
biocatalyzator
biocatalyzators
biocellate

Literary usage of Bioblast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Evolution by Atrophy in Biology and Sociology by Jean Demoor, Jean Massart, Émile Vandervelde (1899)
"He maintains that the bioblast, or living granule, ... The existence, however, of the bioblast is a pure hypothesis, no definite proof having been ..."

2. The Cell; Outlines of General Anatomy and Physiology: Outlines of General by Oscar Hertwig, Henry Johnstone Campbell (1895)
"Hence the bioblast is the much-sought-after, morphological unit of all ... However, the bioblast is not able to live alone, but dies with the cell ..."

3. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1892)
"The bioblast, or organized crystal, is the visible morphological unity of organic matter, and can live in a free condition ..."

4. Achieving the Goals by Linda Roberts (1998)
"BioBLAST is a multimedia, high school curriculum supplement which uses NASA's ... As one of the COTF projects, BioBLAST addresses the organizational mission ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1906)
"... hypothesis that all living substance is made up of minute granule or bioblast?, which are I he real vital units or elementary organism ..."

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