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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

somatoplasm

/suh-mat-uh-plaz-uhm, soh-muh-tuh-/US // səˈmæt əˌplæz əm, ˈsoʊ mə tə- //UK // (ˈsəʊmətəˌplæzəm) //

体浆,体细胞,体液,体质

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Cell Biology.

    • : the cytoplasm of a somatic cell, especially as distinguished from germ plasm.

Examples

  • In these higher animals this protoplasm is known as germplasm, that in body cells as somatoplasm.

  • The somatoplasm can only in the most general way affect the self-perpetuating, close corporation of the germ-plasm.

  • The somatoplasm arises from, and hence must be regarded as a modification of, the germ-plasm.

  • The germ-plasm can increase indefinitely in the lapse of generations, increase of the somatoplasm is limited.

  • From this point of view every individual consists of only two parts,—germ-plasm and soma or somatoplasm.

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