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cytoplasm

cy·top·lasm

UK/ˈsaɪtəʊˌplæzəm/ US/ˈsaɪtoʊˌplæzəm/ fairly common

noun

1.

the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus

Origin

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

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