Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bioplasm \Bi"o*plasm\ (b[imac]"[-o]*pl[a^]z'm), n. [Gr. bi`os
   life + pla`sma form, mold, fr. pla`ssein to mold.] (Biol.)
   A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter
   supposed to be essential to the functions of all living
   beings; the material through which every form of life
   manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm.