The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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Metaplasm: secondary or differentiated plasm.
Protoplasm: primitive or undifferentiated plasm. PLASSON: the simplest form of plasm. PLASTIDULES: small particles of plasm. POLYSPERMISM: the penetration of more than one sperm-cell into the ovum. PRO- or PROT: (in compounds) the earlier form (opposed to META); hence:-- Prochorion: the first form of the chorion. Progaster: the first or primitive stomach. Pronephridia: the earlier form of the kidneys. Prorenal: the earlier form of the kidneys. Prostoma: the first or primitive mouth. Protists: the earliest or unicellular organisms. Provertebrae: the earliest phase of the vertebrae. Protophyta: the primitive or unicellular plants. Protoplasm: undifferentiated plasm. Protozoa: the primitive or unicellular animals. RENAL: pertaining to the kidneys (renes). SCATULATION: packing or boxing-up (scatula = a box). SCLEROTOMES: segments into which the primitive skeleton falls. SOMA: the body; hence:-- Cytosoma: the body of the cell (cytos). Episoma: the upper or back-half of the embryonic body. |
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