noun
metaplasm; granular cytoplasm
Technical term in cell biology referring to the granular, non-living portion of cytoplasm, as opposed to the living protoplasm.
後形質は細胞質のうち、顆粒状の部分を指す生物学の用語である。
Metaplasm is a biological term that refers to the granular portion of the cytoplasm.
The term is composed of 後 (after, later) and 形質 (character, trait, or in biology, plasm). The exact derivation is uncertain; it is a technical coinage in cell biology.