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protoplast

/proh-tuh-plast/US // ˈproʊ təˌplæst //UK // (ˈprəʊtəˌplæst) //

原生质体,原生质,原生质细胞,原生质粒

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Biology. the contents of a cell within the cell membrane, considered as a fundamental entity.the primordial living unit or cell.
    • : a person or thing that is formed first; original; prototype.
    • : the hypothetical first individual or one of the supposed first pair of a species or the like.

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Examples

  • For this, the simplest form of the protoplast community is a single pair.

  • Verse cxxiv., protoplast, the original, the thing first formed.

  • The differentiation into nucleus and cytoplasm represents a division of labour in the protoplast.

  • Or, supposing such protoplast pairs to have been numerous, what were the respective original locations of each?

  • Fortunately the time was already past when protoplast patients were looked upon as something mildly freakish and to be pitied.