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protoplasm

[pro´to-plazm]

the viscid, translucent colloid material, the essential constituent of the living cell, including cytoplasm and nucleoplasm. adj., adj protoplas´mic.

pro·to·plasm

(prō'tō-plazm),

1. Living matter, the substance of which animal and vegetable cells are formed.
See also: cytoplasm, nucleoplasm.

2. The total cell material, including cell organelles. Compare: cytoplasm, cytosol, hyaloplasm.

Synonym(s): plasmogen

[proto- + G. plasma, thing formed]

protoplasm

/pro·to·plasm/ (pro´to-plazm) the viscid, translucent colloid material, the essential constituent of the living cell, including cytoplasm and nucleoplasm.protoplas´mic

protoplasm

(prō′tə-plăz′əm)

The complex, semifluid, translucent substance that constitutes the interior matter of a living cell and is composed of proteins, fats, and other molecules suspended in water. It includes the cytoplasm, the nucleus in eukaryotes, and organelles such as mitochondria.

pro′to·plas′mic (-plăz′mĭk), pro′to·plas′mal (-plăz′məl)(-plăz-măt′ĭk), pro′to·plas·mat′ic (-plăz-măt′ĭk) adj.

protoplasm

See cytoplasm.

pro·to·plasm

(prō'tō-plazm)

1. Living matter, the substance of which animal and vegetable cells are formed.
See also: cytoplasm, nucleoplasm

2. The total cell material, including cell organelles.
Compare: cytoplasm, cytosol, hyaloplasm

[proto- + G. plasma, thing formed]

protoplasm

The whole of the internal substance of the living cell, consisting of the material surrounding the nucleus (the CYTOPLASM) and the nuclear material (nucleoplasm).

protoplasm

the living contents of a cell, i.e. the cytoplasm and nucleus.

pro·to·plasm

(prō'tō-plazm)

1. Living matter, the substance of which animal and vegetable cells are formed.

2. Total cell material, including cell organelles.

[proto- + G. plasma, thing formed]

protoplasm (prō´tōplazəm),

n a living substance; composed mainly of five basic materials: carbohydrates, electrolytes, lipids, proteins, and water and having the properties of both a complex solution and a heterogeneous colloid. The cell nucleus and cytoplasm are two major subdivisions of protoplasm.

protoplasm

the viscid, translucent colloid material, the essential constituent of the living cell, including cytoplasm and nucleoplasm.

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When maturing fiber protoplasm in the channel gradually dries up, and fiber is flattened.

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The samples were stained with Rose Bengal and only organisms with stained protoplasm (indicating that they were alive at the time of the sampling) were counted and identified.

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Nitrogen has a dominant role in plant physiology as it is an integral part of protoplasm, chlorophyll, proteins, enzymes, amino acids and nucleic acids.

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The water present is supplied mainly through the blood vessels and exists in cellular protoplasm.

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Water is the major component of bacterial protoplasm and an adequate supply must be available for vegetative development.

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The only reason any sane adult would oppose the simple removal of a microscopic bit of tissue from a woman's body- a piece of protoplasm as insignificant as the fingernail you regularly snip away with clippers - is the religious notion that a "soul" resides in that microscopic substance.

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T]he higher metabolic rate makes possible the resumption of active cell division, synthesis of new protoplasm, and increase in cell size.

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The lumen is filled with liquid containing the cell nucleus and protoplasm.

Effect of Different Locations, Varieties and Micronaire Values upon the Non-Cellulosic and Metal Contents of Cotton

The high concentration of sodium in medium impairs the potassium uptake, and its accumulation in the protoplasm of plant tissues results in toxic effects (Loupassaki et al.

Ion Regulation in Different Organs of Melon (Cucumis melo) Genotypes under Salt Stress

Our spawn go from little globs of protoplasm to actual people trying to communicate and express themselves through art.

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As Susan Navarette notes, "the protoplasm into which Helen's outward form eventually melts is the sublimely abject substance--indefinite, unstable, amorphous--and thus betrays its origins" in the union of an ancient, supernatural god and a human woman, made possible by the intervention of occult science (190).

"More than human": the queer occult explorer of the fin-de-siecle

Prior to the fortieth day, the embryo is unformed protoplasm without human import, whereas aterward it is to be thought of as having attained humanhood.

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