A structureless fluid held to be the substance from which cells are formed.

liquid substance found between, or within the cells of a tissue; (now usually) = hyaloplasm n. at hyalo-, comb._form affix.

Anatomy and Biology. = hyaloplasm n.

Originally: the granular (as opposed to the hyaline) portion of cytoplasm, containing various inclusions. Later also: granular substance within a…

Haeckel's term for: a homogeneous mass of undifferentiated anucleate protoplasm, hypothesized as the simplest or most primitive form of living matter.

The substance of a cell nucleus, esp. that not forming part of a nucleolus; karyoplasm.

Cell Biology. A network of structures within the cytoplasm of a cell; esp. (more fully endoplasmic reticulum) a system of membranes in the form of…

transparent homogeneous protoplasm.

The fibrillar component of nucleoplasm or cytoplasm; (as a count noun) a filamentous structure in the nucleus or cytoplasm of a cell.

the cytoplasmic matrix of a cell; cf. earlier paraplasm, n.

a fibrillar or protoplasmic network pervading the cell-substance and forming the reticulum of the cell (obsolete).

Cell Biology. Cytoplasmic inclusions (vacuoles, granules, crystals, etc.). Cf. earlier metaplasm, n.2 Now rare.

Cell Biology. = paraplasm, n. 1b.

protoplasm or cytoplasm believed to serve a nutritive function only; cf. idioplasm n. at idio-, comb._form affix, kinoplasm n. at kino-, comb._form…

a supposed special kind of cytoplasm which was formerly held to be fibrillar in nature and to give rise to the active parts of a cell (such as the…

A centrosome-like protoplasmic body found in the sperm-cells of certain plants.

Cytoplasm in the form of a gel, esp. surrounding the plasmasol in an amoeboid cell. Cf. plasmasol, n.

Cytoplasm in the form of a sol, such as forms the relatively fluid central regions of amoeboid cells. Cf. plasmagel, n.