protoplasm

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Protoplasm, the soft nitrogenous lining or contents, or living part, of cells, 129.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Protoplasm cannot be built without it, and protoplasm makes up the most of the living cell.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck

And Haeckel with his habitual audacity foretells the artificial production of Protoplasm for purposes of commerce.

From The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer by Gerard, John S.J.

Let us examine for a moment this substance Protoplasm, and see in what way it differs from inorganic matter, or in what way the animate differs from the inanimate—the living from the dead.

From Was Man Created? by Mott, Henry A. (Henry Augustus)

Protoplasm cannot become fixed in any condition without being destroyed; it exhibits perpetual interchanges with the outer world; unceasing intake and output is a necessary accompaniment of its life.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar