ˈträfəˌplazəm noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary troph- + -plasm
: relatively unspecialized protoplasm held to be nutritive as distinguished from highly active differentiated protoplasm (as idioplasm, kinoplasm, archoplasm)
• troph·o·plas·mat·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷plaz|mad.ik adjective
• troph·o·plas·mic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|plazmik adjective