Found 3 items, similar to Protoplasm.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: protoplasm protoplasma
English → English (WordNet) Definition: protoplasm protoplasm n : the living substance of a cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) [syn: living substance]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Protoplasm Protoplasm \Pro"to*plasm\, n. [Proto- + Gr. ? form, fr. ? to mold.] (Biol.) The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called “ physical basis of life;” the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc. [1913 Webster] Note: The lowest forms of animal and vegetable life (unicellular organisms) consist of simple or unaltered protoplasm; the tissues of the higher organisms, of differentiated protoplasm. [1913 Webster]