Cytoplasm

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cytoplasm \Cy"to*plasm\ (s?"t?-pl?z'm), n. [Gr. ky`tos 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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cytoplasm
       n : the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "cytoplasm":
     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