Definition of Cytoplasm
1. Noun. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism.
Group relationships: Cell
Specialized synonyms: Plasmodium, Cytoplast, Cytosol, Ectoplasm, Endoplasm, Ground Substance, Hyaloplasm, Central Body, Centrosome, Sarcoplasm, Syncytium
Generic synonyms: Living Substance, Protoplasm
Terms within: Cytoskeleton, Microsome, Dictyosome, Golgi Apparatus, Golgi Body, Golgi Complex
Derivative terms: Cytoplasmatic, Cytoplasmic, Cytoplastic
Definition of Cytoplasm
1. n. The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus.
Definition of Cytoplasm
1. Noun. (cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cytoplasm
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Medical Definition of Cytoplasm
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Literary usage of Cytoplasm
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1. Chemical Pathology: Being a Discussion of General Pathology from the by Harry Gideon Wells (1914)
"THE cytoplasm The cytoplasm, as before mentioned, contains all of the primary
... Sometimes the nucleoproteins of the cytoplasm may be partly of the ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"(2) Chordoma cell with a large vesicle in cytoplasm. (3) Chordoma cell with a
number of small vesicles in cytoplasm. (4) Chordoma cell with indistinct cell ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"A, quiescent; B, putting forth eruptive pseudopods. cv, contractile vacuole
through which the richly vacuola ted cytoplasm is seen; /, food particles; ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"... not limited by any distinct boundary from the general cytoplasm, but occupying
the position of the single nucleus of other ova and having the same size, ..."
5. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1910)
"Here the cytoplasm simulates a fluid in its streaming movements, ... The plasmodium
of Myxomycetes consists of a mass of cytoplasm with many embedded nuclei ..."
6. A Textbook of physiology by Winfield Scott Hall (1899)
"Plastics lying in the cytoplasm. Vacuole. ... In most unicellular organisms, and
sometimes in metazoa, the cytoplasm is differentiated into the inner endo- ..."
7. Sexual Reproduction and the Organization of the Nucleus in Certain Mildews by Robert Almer Harper (1905)
"The cytoplasm of the antheridium is certainly less dense and is more ... 10),
but the antheridial cytoplasm keeps its spongy appearance for a time (fig. ..."
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