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protoplasm

protoplasm noun: the entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.

Noun

protoplasm (countable and uncountable, plural protoplasms)

  1. The entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.

protoplasm meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Tagalog and Indonesian

protoplasm in Tamil

அணுத் திரவம், ஊன்மம், அணுநீர்மம், புரோட்டோப்பிளாசம், முதலுரு, உயிரணு

protoplasm in Bengali

কোষের প্রাণীজ পদার্থ

protoplasm in Tagalog

entire contents of a cell
mulkaphay

protoplasm in Indonesian

entire contents of a cell
protoplasma

Forms of protoplasm

pluralprotoplasms

Origin of protoplasm

From German Protoplasma, coined by Czech physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”). By surface analysis, proto- + -plasm. Compare also protoplasma, used in Late Latin for the “first-created one” (i.e. Adam).

Words formed from protoplasm

Questions about protoplasm

What does protoplasm mean?
Protoplasm means the entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.
What is protoplasm in Tamil?
Protoplasm in Tamil is அணுத் திரவம், ஊன்மம், அணுநீர்மம். See Protoplasm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is protoplasm?
Protoplasm is a noun.
What is the plural of protoplasm?
The plural of protoplasm is protoplasms.

Words near protoplasm in the dictionary

  1. protoplanetary nebulae
  2. protoplanetary nebulas
  3. protoplanetesimal
  4. protoplanetesimals
  5. protoplanets
  6. protoplasm
  7. protoplasma
  8. protoplasmal
  9. protoplasmatic
  10. protoplasmic
  11. protoplasmodia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protoplasm (page history and authors); protoplasm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); protoplasm (Bengali 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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