nucleoplasmn.
/ˈnjuːklɪə(ʊ)plaz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uklioʊˌplæz(ə)m/ Biology.
The substance of a cell nucleus, esp. that not forming part of a nucleolus; karyoplasm.
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nuclein1871
nucleoplast1876
nucleoplasm1882
plastin1883
nebenkern1885
nuclear sap1887
chromosome1889
karyotin1925
chromocentre1926
Barr body1961
the world > life > biology > substance > cell > cell substance > [noun] > protoplasm or cytoplasm > types or forms of
cytoblastema1840
cell sap1842
hyaline1864
metaplasm1875
plasson1879
nucleoplasm1882
reticulum1883
hyaloplasm1886
mitome1886
paramitome1886
spongioplasm1886
paraplasm1887
paraplasma1891
trophoplasm1892
kinoplasm1894
blepharoplast1897
plasmagel1923
plasmasol1923
1882 Nature 30 Mar. 523/2 Each of the daughter nucleoli forming an important centre of influence round which nucleoplasm gathers.
1893 A. M. Marshall Vertebr. Embryol. 4 The nucleus..consists of an outer nuclear membrane, enclosing a clear coagulable fluid, the nucleoplasm.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. iii. 45 There are two reasons..why amoebae do not grow larger and larger indefinitely: there must be a proportion between volume and surface, and between the nuclear material (nucleoplasm) and the general cell-substance (cytoplasm).
1969 F. E. Round Introd. Lower Plants i The nucleoplasm itself is not organized into discrete chromosomes.
1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) viii. 423 The nuclear envelope seems designed to shield the contents of the nuclear compartment (the nucleoplasm) from many of the particles..that function in the cytoplasm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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