cytoplasm
The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
A kind of
- living substance
Kinds of cytoplasm
- ground substance
Related words
- nucleocytoplasm
- cytoplasmic
- cytoplasmatic
- intracytoplasm
Word history
From German "Zytoplasma".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cytoplasm” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.