n. the material comprising the living part of a cell, consisting of a nucleus embedded in membrane-enclosed cytoplasm. protoplasmal adj. protoplasmatic adj. protoplasmic adj.
[ Gk protoplasma (as PROTO-, PLASMA) ]
PROTOPLASM
Meaning of PROTOPLASM in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012