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A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts
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protoplast
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Wiktionary
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a. (context obsolete English) Created first; archetypal. (16th-17th c.) n. 1 The first-created human; Adam. (from 16th c.) 2 (context rare English) A prototype or archetype; a model. (from 17th c.) 3 The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ...
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n. a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts [syn: energid ]
Wikipedia
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Protoplast , from ancient Greek ( prōtóplastos , "first-formed"), in a religious context initially referred to the first human or, more generally, to the first organized body of a species. In biology , it was proposed by Hanstein (1880) to refer to the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Protoplast \Pro"to*plast\, n. [L. protoplastus the first man, Gr. ? formed or created first; ? first + ? formed, fr. ? to form.] The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original. (Biol.) A first-formed organized ...
Usage examples of protoplast.
The experiment in protoplast augmentation that she had begun three seasons back under the guidance of the government agricultural agent was reaching its culmination now.
That material then could undergo manipulation, after which the cellular matter, the protoplast, was placed in a culture medium and allowed to regenerate its cell wall.
And it bothered her to have him vanish just as the protoplast experiment was nearing its end.
It was, he said, something called protoplast augmentation, which involved using enzymes to digest the cell walls of plants to give access to the genetic material within.
With our robust bodies of protoplast we are to assist macro-machines to construct a spire which will support yet another tier of the colossus.
In fact, we’ve been isolating medically useful alkaloids from altered leaf protoplasts for several generations — things like atropine and scopolamine and the belladonna that some of the ladies use to make their eyes more beautiful.