Protoplasm

Noun

 * 1)  The entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.

Derived terms

 * protoplasmic
 * protoplasmal
 * protoplasmatic

Thesaurus
animal cell, bioplast, cell, cellular tissue, cellule, chromatoplasm, coenocyte, corpuscle, cytoplasm, ectoplasm, endoplasm, energid, eucaryotic cell, germ cell, plant cell, plasmodium, procaryotic cell, reticulum, somatic cell, syncytium, trophoplasm

Etymology
From Protoplasma:, coined by Czech physiologist Johannes Evangelista Purkinje, from  πρῶτος: + πλάσμα:. The word was in, meaning "first created thing," and may have existed in Medieval Greek in a different sense.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 原形質, 原形质, 原生質, 原生质
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,


 * French:
 * Greek: πρωτόπλασμα
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: prótaplasma
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 原形質
 * Russian: протоплазма