Definition of Ergastic

1. constituting the nonliving by-products of protoplasmic activity [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ergastic

erevs
erewhile
erewhiles
ereyesterday
erf
erfkin
erfkins
erg
erga omnes
ergasia
ergasiomania
ergasiophobia
ergasiophyte
ergasiophytes
ergasthenia
ergastic (current term)
ergastic substance
ergastoplasm
ergastoplasmic
ergastoplasms
ergat-
ergate
ergates
ergative
ergative case
ergative cases
ergative verb
ergative verbs
ergatives
ergativity

Literary usage of Ergastic

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

1. The Cell in Development and Inheritance by Edmund Beecher Wilson (1911)
"... or ergastic. I believe Sachs' view to be in principle not only true but of high utility. Practically, however, it involves us in considerable difficulty ..."

2. Elements of Histology by Edward Klein, John Sydney Edkins (1898)
"... Division of, 38 , Regeneration of, 38 Epithelium, 30 ergastic structures, 0 Erythroblasts, 28 Eustachian tube, 459 External arcuate fibres, 213 Eyeball, ..."

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