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protoplast
[ proh-tuh-plast ]
noun
- Biology.
- the contents of a cell within the cell membrane, considered as a fundamental entity.
- the primordial living unit or cell.
- a person or thing that is formed first; original; prototype.
- the hypothetical first individual or one of the supposed first pair of a species or the like.
protoplast
/ ˈprəʊtəˌplæst /
noun
- a unit consisting of the living parts of a cell, including the protoplasm and cell membrane but not the vacuoles or (in plants) the cell wall
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Derived Forms
- ˌprotoˈplastic, adjective
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Other Words From
- proto·plastic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of protoplast1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of protoplast1
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Example Sentences
For this, the simplest form of the protoplast community is a single pair.
Verse cxxiv., protoplast, the original, the thing first formed.
The differentiation into nucleus and cytoplasm represents a division of labour in the protoplast.
Or, supposing such protoplast pairs to have been numerous, what were the respective original locations of each?
Fortunately the time was already past when protoplast patients were looked upon as something mildly freakish and to be pitied.
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