formed material

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]