The Collaborative International Dictionary
Formed material
Formed \Formed\, a.
(Astron.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars. [R.]
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(Biol.) Having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. See Ferment, n.
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.