somatoplasm

American  

[suh-mat-uh-plaz-uhm, soh-muh-tuh-] / səˈmæt əˌplæz əm, ˈsoʊ mə tə- /

noun

Cell Biology.

1. the cytoplasm of a somatic cell, especially as distinguished from germ plasm.

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somatoplasm British  

/ ˈsəʊmətəˌplæzəm /

noun

1. biology

   1. the protoplasm of a somatic cell

   2. the somatic cells collectively Compare germ plasm

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Other Word Forms

• somatoplastic adjective

Etymology

Origin of somatoplasm

somato- + -plasm

Example Sentences

The process of changing germ-plasm into somatoplasm is one of disintegration.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

A large part of the germ-plasm of the fertilized egg is used to give rise to the somatoplasm composing the different systems of the embryo and adult.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

The germ-plasm can increase indefinitely in the lapse of generations, increase of the somatoplasm is limited.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

To form the somatoplasm of the different tissues of the body, this complicated organization breaks up, as the egg divides, into an ever-increasing number of cells.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

Weismann's theory involved the conception of a sharp cleavage between the general body tissues or somatoplasm and the reproductive glands or germplasm.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall