An alternative spelling of biophor; a theoretical unit of living matter hypothesized to carry life properties.
Variant spelling of biophor, from bio- (life) + -phore (from Greek pherein, to carry). Both spellings were used in early 20th-century biological theory.
The biophore theory shows how science evolves—scientists needed a word for 'life carriers' before they had microscopes powerful enough to see DNA!
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