PROTOPLASM
Dictionary entry overview: What does protoplasm mean?
• PROTOPLASM (noun)
The noun PROTOPLASM has 1 sense:
1. the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)
Familiarity information: PROTOPLASM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROTOPLASM (noun)
Meaning:
The substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
living substance; protoplasm
Hypernyms ("protoplasm" is a kind of...):
matter; substance (that which has mass and occupies space)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protoplasm"):
cytol; cytoplasm (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)
karyoplasm; nucleoplasm (the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell)
germ plasm; plasm (the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes)
blood platelet; platelet; thrombocyte (tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting)