ylem
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ylem /ˈiːlɛm/
▶noun Astronomy (in the big bang theory) the primordial matter of the universe, originally conceived as composed of neutrons at high temperature and density.
– origin 1940s: from late L. hylem (accusative) ‘matter’.
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