protoplasmic

Variant of protoplasm

protoplasm definition

proto·plasm (prōt′ə plaz′əm)

noun

a semifluid, viscous, translucent colloid, the essential living matter of all animal and plant cells: it consists largely of water, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and inorganic salts and is differentiated into nucleoplasm and cytoplasm

Etymology: Ger protoplasma: see proto- & plasma

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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