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protoplast

pro·top·last

UK/ˈpɹəʊ.təˌplæst/ US/-ˌplast/ uncommon obsolete rare

noun

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a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts

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From Middle French prothoplaste, and its source Late Latin protoplastus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, “first-formed”), from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + πλαστός (plastós, “formed, moulded”).

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