Definition of Sarcode

1. n. A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.

Definition of Sarcode

1. Noun. (context: homeopathy) protoplasm ¹

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Definition of Sarcode

1. living matter [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sarcode

1. A term of historical interest (1835), applied to the protoplasm of protozoa before the term protoplasm was coined. Origin: sarco-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarcode

sarcles
sarcling
sarco
sarco-
sarcobasis
sarcoblast
sarcoblasts
sarcocarp
sarcocarps
sarcoceles
sarcocystidean
sarcocystieian
sarcocystis
sarcocystosis
sarcode (current term)
sarcoderma
sarcodic
sarcodina
sarcodina infections
sarcodine
sarcodinian
sarcodo
sarcogenic cell
sarcoglia
sarcoglycan
sarcoglycans
sarcoid
sarcoidal granuloma
sarcoidoses

Literary usage of Sarcode

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

1. Biology and Its Makers by William Albert Locy (1908)
"... to this circumstance that the full recognition of its importance in nature was delayed. The fact remains that the first careful studies upon sarcode ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"This gelatinous, homogeneous, contractile substance has been called sarcode, and abo, but improperly, animal protoplasm. ..."

3. The Unity of the Organism; Or, The Organismal Conception of Life by William Emerson Ritter (1919)
"... that is, it would have to be to the effect that a dog would be strictly himself and as well off with a tree's protoplasm as with his own sarcode. ..."

4. A Monograph of the British Spongiadæ by James Scott Bowerbank (1864)
"But generally speaking this is not the case, and especially with the smaller forms of these organs; for in comparatively thick layers of sarcode we find ..."

5. The Unity of the Organism; Or, The Organismal Conception of Life by William Emerson Ritter (1919)
"... that is, it would have to be to the effect that a dog would be strictly himself and as well off with a tree's protoplasm as with his own sarcode. ..."

6. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1864)
"As the systole takes place, it is possible, occasionally, to discern certain radiating canals, which extend from the cavities into the surrounding sarcode, ..."

7. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Francis Wall Oliver, Mary Frances (Ewart) Macdonald, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"... and little amorphous lumps, their sarcode, flesh, and blood having vanished and left no trace, we must suppose that the absorption of nutriment from the ..."

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