Protoplast vs. Protoplasm

Protoplastadjective

(obsolete) Created first; archetypal.

Protoplastnoun

The first-created human; Adam.

Protoplastnoun

(rare) A prototype or archetype; a model.

Protoplastnoun

The first person in a given family, lineage etc.; an ancestor.

Protoplastnoun

(biology) The contents of a plant cell.

Protoplastnoun

The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.

Protoplastnoun

A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair of individuals, of a species.

Protoplastnoun

a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts

Protoplast

Protoplast, from ancient Greek πρωτόπλαστος (prōtóplastos, ), is a biological term coined by Hanstein in 1880 to refer to the entire cell, excluding the cell wall. Protoplasts can be generated by stripping the cell wall from plant, bacterial, or fungal cells by mechanical, chemical or enzymatic means.

Protoplasmnoun

(cytology) The entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.

Protoplasmnoun

The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called " physical basis of life;" the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc.

Protoplasmnoun

the living substance of a cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)

Protoplasm

Protoplasm (/prəʊtə(ʊ)ˌplaz(ə)m/, plural protoplasms) is the living part of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane. In some definitions, it is a general term for the cytoplasm (e.g., Mohl, 1846), but for others, it also includes the nucleoplasm (e.g., Strasburger, 1882).