- endoplasm
- ['ɛndə(ʊ)plaz(ə)m]noun Biology, dated the more fluid, granular inner layer of the cytoplasm in amoeboid cells. Compare with ectoplasm (in sense 1).
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Endoplasm — En do*plasm, n. [Endo + Gr. ? anything formed or molded.] (Biol.) The protoplasm in the interior of a cell. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
endoplasm — [en′dō plaz΄əm] n. [ ENDO + PLASM] the inner part of the cytoplasm of a cell: distinguished from ECTOPLASM endoplasmic adj … English World dictionary
endoplasm — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1882 the inner relatively fluid part of the cytoplasm • endoplasmic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
endoplasm — n. [Gr. endon, within; plasma, to form or mold] The inner or central part of the cytoplasm of a cell; see ectoplasm … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
endoplasm — (en do plazm) The central portion of the cytoplasm in a protozoan … Dictionary of microbiology
endoplasm — Inner, granule rich cytoplasm of amoeba … Dictionary of molecular biology
endoplasm — endoplasmic, adj. /en deuh plaz euhm/, n. Cell Biol. the inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell. Cf. ectoplasm (def. 1). [1880 85; ENDO + PLASM] * * * … Universalium
endoplasm — noun The inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell … Wiktionary
endoplasm — The inner or medullary part of the cytoplasm, as opposed to the ectoplasm, containing the cell organelles. SYN: entoplasm. * * * en·do·plasm en də .plaz əm n the inner relatively fluid part of the cytoplasm compare ECTOPLASM en·do·pla … Medical dictionary
endoplasm — en·do·plasm || endəʊplæzÉ™m n. inner part of the cytoplasm of a cell … English contemporary dictionary
