Definitions for: Protoplasm


[n] the living substance of a cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)



Webster (1913) Definition: Pro"to*plasm, n. [Proto- + Gr. ? form, fr. ? to
mold.] (Biol.)
The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable
and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the
processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the
so-called `` physical basis of life;'' the original cell
substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc.

Note: The lowest forms of animal and vegetable life
(unicellular organisms) consist of simple or unaltered
protoplasm; the tissues of the higher organisms, of
differentiated protoplasm.

Synonyms: living substance

See Also: blood platelet, cytoplasm, germ plasm, karyoplasm, matter, nucleoplasm, plasm, platelet, substance, thrombocyte

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