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Meaning of 'cytoplasm' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cytoplasm [ n.]
- The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus.

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cytherean cytoblast cytoblastema cytococci cytococcus cytode cytogenesis cytogenetic cytogenic cytogenous

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