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Meaning of CYTOPLASM

Pronunciation:  'sItu`plazum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus
 
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 See Also: cell, central body, centrosome, dictyosome, ectoplasm, endoplasm, Golgi apparatus, Golgi body, Golgi complex, ground substance, hyaloplasm, living substance, microsome, plasmodium, protoplasm, sarcoplasm, syncytium

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cy"to*plasm\ (s?"t?-pl?z'm), n. [Gr. ???? hollow
vessel + ???? a mold.] (Biol.)
The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from
the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus. --
{Cy`to*plas"mic} (-pl?z"m?k), a.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: The contents of a cell; includes the organelles but not the nucleus.
 
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Glossary
 
 Definition: material within the cell between the plasma membrane and the nuclear membrane.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: animal cell, bioplast, cell, cellular tissue, cellule, chromatoplasm, coenocyte, corpuscle, ectoplasm, endoplasm, energid, eucaryotic cell, germ cell, plant cell, plasmodium, procaryotic cell, protoplasm, reticulum, somatic cell, syncytium, trophoplasm
 

 

 

 

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