Look up: protoplasm

1. protoplasm
   All the contents of a cell, including the nucleus. (see: cytoplasm)
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2. Protoplasm
   The only known form of matter in which life is manifest. The essential material of all animal and plant life. It is the main part of the cell; it is composed of proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and salts.
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3. protoplasm
   [n] - the living substance of a cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)
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4. Protoplasm
   Living matter.
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5. Protoplasm
   Pro'to·plasm noun [ Proto- + Greek ... form, from ... 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 ...
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6. protoplasm
   <cell biology> The entire contents of a live cell. ... (04 Mar 1998) ...
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7. protoplasm
   living substance noun the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)
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8. protoplasm
   (pro´to-plaz″әm) the viscid, translucent colloid material, the essential constituent of the living cell, including cytoplasm and nucleoplasm. adj., protoplas´mic., adj.
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9. Protoplasm
   • (n.) 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.
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10. protoplasm
    the cytoplasm and nucleus of a cell. The term was first defined in 1835 as the ground substance of living material and, hence, responsible for all ... [3 related articles]
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11. Protoplasm
    Substances making up a cell including its exterior membrane.
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12. protoplasm
    protoplasm, term once used for the fundamental material of which all living things were thought to be composed. It was studied by a number of early scientists, especially by Félix Dujardin, J. E. Purkinje, M. J. S. Schultze, and Hugo von Mohl (who is credited with introducing the name), all w...
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13. Protoplasm
    Protoplasm is the basic living substance of all animals, rather than the dead substances such as found in nails and hair. It is responsible for carrying out all the vital activities characteristic of living animals.
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14. protoplasm
    Type: Term Pronunciation: prō′tō-plazm Definitions: 1. Living matter, the substance of which animal and vegetable cells are formed. 2. The total cell material, including cell organelles. Synonyms: plasmogen
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15. protoplasm
    Contents of a living cell. Strictly speaking it includes all the discrete structures (organelles) in a cell, but it is often used simply to mean the jellylike material in which these float. The contents of a cell outside the nucleus are called cytoplasm
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16. protoplasm
    (pro;tuo-plaz;em) A general term for the colloidal complex of protein that constitutes the living material of a cell. It includes cytoplasm and nucleoplasm.
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17. protoplasm
    (pro;tuo-plaz;em) A general term for the colloidal complex of protein that constitutes the living material of a cell. It includes cytoplasm and nucleoplasm.
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18. Protoplasm
    `Protoplasm` is the living content of a cell that is surrounded by a location=Oxford Oxfordshire |year=2006 |isbn=0-19-852917-1-->--> Protoplasm is composed of a mixture of small molecules such as ions, amino acids, monosaccharides and water, and macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, lipid...
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