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How to pronounce protoplasm in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms living substance
Type of substance
Has types cytol, cytoplasm, germ plasm, karyoplasm, nucleoplasm, plasm, platelet, blood platelet, thrombocyte

Examples of protoplasm

protoplasm
Yet Nissan opted to wrap this revolutionary ride in excitement-repelling protoplasm.
From the bloomberg.com
Protoplasm is the living contents of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A garlic clove is a powerful little piece of protoplasm to which few are indifferent.
From the washingtonpost.com
Furthermore, the cells are small and protoplasm fills the cell completely.
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Whether protoplasm is in the sol or the gel state depends on the physiological state of the cell.
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Dense protoplasm of meristematic cells contains very few vacuoles.
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They are presented as if of no different protoplasm than Tolstoy's families of fictional characters.
From the theatlantic.com
The researchers say the creature rolls by exuding bits of protoplasm from apertures in its surface.
From the dispatch.com
Darwin placed humanity in a continuum of all protoplasm.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • The substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)
  • Protoplasm is the living content of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane (cell membrane). This term is not commonly used in modern cell biology. ...
  • (protoplasmic) Of or relating to protoplasm
  • The jelly-like granular material which comprises the living content of cells; it is a complex mixture of organic and inorganic substances in a state of continuous chemical change.
  • A viscous translucent material that makes up the substance of all living cells.
  • The substance inside a living cell, once thought to be simple, but now known to be a complex network of biomolecules, microscopic structures, and molecular machines; includes the cytoplasm and (in eukaryotes) the nucleus.
  • A thick, viscous colloidal substance that constitutes the physical basis of all living activities; the entire contents of a living cell.
  • The viscid, translucid, polyphasic colloid with water as the continuous phase that makes up the essential material of all plat and animal cells. It is composed mainly of nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and inorganic salts. ...
  • The essential, complex living substance of cells, upon which all vital functions of nutrition, secretion, growth and reproduction depend.