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Formed \Formed\ (f[^o]rmd), a.
1. (Astron.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as,
formed stars. [R.]
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2. (Biol.) Having structure; capable of growth and
development; organized; as, the formed or organized
ferments. See {Ferment}, n.
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{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.
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