protoplasm

as inmatter
as inbody
as inflesh

Synonyms for protoplasm

noun substance

Antonyms for protoplasm

Word Origin & History

1848, from German Protoplasma (1846), used by German botanist Hugo von Mohl (1805-1872), on notion of "first-formed," from Greek proto- "first" (see proto-) + plasma "something molded" (see -plasm).

The word was in Late Latin with a sense of "first created thing," and it might have existed in ecclesiastical Greek in a different sense. It was used 1839 by Czech physiologist Johannes Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869) to denote the gelatinous fluid found in living tissue. The modern meaning is a refinement of this. This word prevailed, though German language purists preferred Urschleim "original mucus."

Example Sentences for protoplasm

Their protoplasm is contractile and their form varies according to the species.

Without their spirit life might never have moved out of protoplasm.

The thing of protoplasm nearest me was moving but I was no longer interested.

Cytoplasm: the protoplasm of a cell exclusive of nucleus; the cell body.

Spongioplasm: the net-like structure of protoplasm in a cell.

He might as well have asked me my grandmother's opinion of protoplasm.

These are two "cells," or masses of protoplasm, adhering to each other.

If the pleasure fails, the very substance and protoplasm of beauty is wanting.

It is a mysterious something which has entered into this protoplasm.

First: What corresponds to the protoplasm in the spiritual sphere?

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