protoplasm
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Alarmed to learn of the emergence of Bob in a stream of protoplasm emitted by the featureless humanoid creature called “the experiment,” the Fireman produced a golden orb containing the face of Laura Palmer.
From Slate • Sep. 5, 2017
“The thought was mesmerizing that that brain represented the most complex mass of protoplasm on this earth and, perhaps, in our galaxy.”
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2017
Intensities this great can damage individual cells, variously causing their protoplasm to stream inside them, altering their permeability, or rupturing their walls through cavitation.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
With Smith on hand, the middle-aged Brando was transformed into the jowly patriarch Vito Corleone, the teenage Blair into a scarred and wild-eyed demon, and William Hurt into a mass of protoplasm for "Altered States."
From US News • Jul. 31, 2014
She probably thinks I'm turning myself into a gob of protoplasm or something.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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