ylem

ylem
/uy"leuhm/, n.
the initial substance of the universe from which all matter is said to be derived.
[1948; adoption, in modern astrophysics, of ME ylem (Gower) < ML (h)ylem, acc. of hyle < Gk hýle matter, wood]

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