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Definition of Protoplasm

Protoplasm
Protoplasm 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.

Meaning of Protoplasm from wikipedia

- Protoplasm (/ˈproʊtəˌplæzəm/; pl. protoplasms) is the living part of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane. It is a mixture of small molecules...
- Stroma, in botany, refers to the colorless fluid surrounding the grana within the chloroplast. Within the stroma are grana (stacks of thylakoid), the sub-organelles...
- Protoplasm is the third EP by Black Rain, released on October 6, 2013 by Blackest Ever Black. The Fader called Protoplasm's title track "grossly cinematic"...
- Ergastic substances are non-protoplasmic materials found in cells. The living protoplasm of a cell is sometimes called the bioplasm and distinct from the...
- Fischer and Suer proposed that water in the protoplasm is not free but in a chemically combined form—the protoplasm represents a combination of protein, salt...
- Cytoplasmic streaming, also called protoplasmic streaming and cyclosis, is the flow of the cytoplasm inside the cell, driven by forces from the cytoskeleton...
- two types of astrocytes, protoplasmic and fibrous, similar in function but distinct in morphology and distribution. Protoplasmic astrocytes have short,...
- origin of Random is unclear. It appears that he was created from a m**** of protoplasm by Dark Beast, making Random the continuation of an experiment that Dark...
- The nucleoplasm, also known as karyoplasm, is the type of protoplasm that makes up the cell nucleus, the most prominent organelle of the eukaryotic cell...
- distances. They send these signals by means of an axon, which is a thin protoplasmic fiber that extends from the cell body and projects, usually with numerous...