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somatoplasm

[ suh-mat-uh-plaz-uhm, soh-muh-tuh- ]

noun

, Cell Biology.
  1. the cytoplasm of a somatic cell, especially as distinguished from germ plasm.


somatoplasm

/ ˈsəʊmətəˌplæzəm /

noun

  1. biology
    1. the protoplasm of a somatic cell
    2. the somatic cells collectively Compare germ plasm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌsomatoˈplastic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • soma·to·plastic adjective
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Word History and Origins

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Example Sentences

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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