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cytoplasm

UK/ˈsaɪtəʊˌplæzəm//ˈsaɪtoʊˌplæzəm/

cytoplasm noun: the contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.

Noun

cytoplasm (usually uncountable, plural cytoplasms)

  1. (usually) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.

cytoplasm meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Indonesian

cytoplasm in Tamil

உட்கரு சுற்றுப்பசை, உயிரணுச் சோறு, கலவுரு, கலவுயிர், குழியமுதலுரு, செல்சோறு

cytoplasm in Tagalog

contents of a cell excluding the nucleus
silidkaphay

cytoplasm in Indonesian

contents of a cell excluding the nucleus
sitoplasma

Examples of cytoplasm in a sentence

  • Among the infiltrating inflammatory cells, spindle-shaped, histiocytoid or myoid tumor cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm were found.
  • The peribacteroid space widened locally and bacteroids' cytoplasm became heterogeneous (Fig 5E ).
  • Most of the cortex was composed of fascicular cells which had nonvacuolated, nonhoneycombed eosinophilic cytoplasm.

All 23 example sentences with cytoplasm

Forms of cytoplasm

pluralcytoplasms
alternative form (archaic)cytioplasm

Origin of cytoplasm

Borrowed from German Zytoplasma, Cytoplasma. Equivalent to cyto- (“cell”) + -plasm (“contents of a cell”).

Words formed from cytoplasm

Questions about cytoplasm

What does cytoplasm mean?
Cytoplasm means the contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
What is cytoplasm in Tamil?
Cytoplasm in Tamil is உட்கரு சுற்றுப்பசை, உயிரணுச் சோறு, கலவுரு. See Cytoplasm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cytoplasm?
Cytoplasm is a noun.
How do you pronounce cytoplasm?
Cytoplasm is pronounced /ˈsaɪtəʊˌplæzəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of cytoplasm?
The plural of cytoplasm is cytoplasms.

Words near cytoplasm in the dictionary

  1. cytophysiology
  2. cytopigment
  3. cytopigments
  4. cytopipette
  5. cytopipettes
  6. cytoplasm
  7. cytoplasmatic
  8. cytoplasmatically
  9. cytoplasmic
  10. cytoplasmic determinant
  11. cytoplasmic determinants

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cytoplasm (page history and authors); cytoplasm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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