| NOUN | body | protoplasm, living substance | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) |
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| Meaning | The substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus). | |
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| Synonym | living substance | |
| Narrower | cytoplasm, cytol | The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus |
| germ plasm, plasm | The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes | |
| nucleoplasm, karyoplasm | The protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell | |
| platelet, blood platelet, thrombocyte | tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood | |
| Broader | substance | The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists |
| Spanish | protoplasma | |
| Catalan | protoplasma | |
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