protoplast
Americannoun
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Biology.
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the contents of a cell within the cell membrane, considered as a fundamental entity.
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the primordial living unit or cell.
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a person or thing that is formed first; original; prototype.
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the hypothetical first individual or one of the supposed first pair of a species or the like.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of protoplast
1525–35; < Late Latin prōtoplastus the first man, noun use of Greek prōtóplastos formed first. See proto-, -plast
Example Sentences
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Stewart and his collaborators have developed a robot that performs an established technique called protoplast transformation faster and more accurately than is possible by hand.
From Nature ● Nov. 1, 2016
He furrowed his protoplast brow that looked as youthful as it had a century ago.
From Man Made by Teichner, Albert
"Man can now be all protoplast," some said.
From Man Made by Teichner, Albert
Shall this germ and protoplast of being Rest mid-life and say his race is run?
From Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen by Meteyard, Thomas Buford
The curtain of the night was torn To show the protoplast Transfigured on the finer face Of that far prehistoric race— We, clumsy, call Lemurian!
From The Piper and the Reed by Norwood, Robert W.
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