Formed

Formed
Formed Formed, a. 1. (Astron.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars. [R.] [1913 Webster]

2. (Biol.) Having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. See {Ferment}, n. [1913 Webster]

{Formed material} (Biol.), a term employed by Beale to denote the lifeless matter of a cell, that which is physiologically dead, in distinction from the truly germinal or living matter. [1913 Webster]


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