Relating to or describing the ergastoplasm or the protein-synthesizing membranes of a cell.
From 'ergastoplasm' plus the adjective suffix '-ic.' This technical term describes cellular structures involved in the work of protein synthesis and cellular manufacturing.
This word is a relic of an older naming system in cell biology—it's so rarely used that most modern biology students would need to look it up, showing how scientific terminology constantly gets simplified and updated.
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