Meaning Of The Word Protoplasm

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protoplasm in American English
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
noun: the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus

protoplasm in British English
noun: the living contents of a cell, differentiated into cytoplasm and nucleoplasm

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