-ˌjēn noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary plasma + -gene
: a submicroscopic factor or determiner believed by some biologists to be present in the cytoplasm of cells and to influence physiological and hereditary phenomena of the cytoplasm much as genes are believed to do for the entire cell — compare plastogene
• plas·ma·gen·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|jenik adjective