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Definition: Cytoplasm |
CytoplasmNoun1. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | The protoplasm of a cell exclusive of that of the nucleus; it consists of a continuous aqueous solution (cytosol) and the organelles and inclusions suspended in it (phaneroplasm), and is the site of most of the chemical activities of the cell. (references) |
Medicine | The contents of the cell invested by the cell membrane, excluding the nucleus. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The protoplasma of a cell, exclusive of the nucleus(Elsevier's dictionary of nuclear science and technology). Source: European Union. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
See also : microtubules, vesicle
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cytoplasm."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Organization | Protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein; albumen; structure; organization, organism. |
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 | Proteins in the cytoplasm target and activate biochemical reactions in specific cellular components, such as the mitochondria and the nucleus. Within the nucleus, gene expression is activated and leads to new protein synthesis, which are formed on the endoplasmic reticulum. These proteins are transported via the Golgi complex for packaging and distribution to cellular membrane and for extracellular release. See artwork: (on disk in file). Credit: Jeannie Kelly (artist). |  | Shown is a chart of characteristics comparing normal and cancer cells' cytoplasm, nucleus, nucleolus and chromatin. See artwork: GR-23. Credit: Pat Kenny (artist). |
 | The phagosome membrane is disintegrating. To the far left is a rickettsia free within the host cell cytoplasm. Between the rickettsias is a mitochondrion. Transmission electron micrograph. Credit: CDC. |  | Histopathologic brain tissue from a rabies patient displaying the pathognomonic finding of Negri Bodies within the neuronal cytoplasm, and stained using H&E stain. Credit: CDC. |
 | Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite with vacuolated cytoplasm. Parasite, ameba. Credit: CDC. |  | Sideroblasts are erythroblasts with fine, iron-containing granules in the cytoplasm. Normal sideroblasts show random iron deposits, typically 1-5, in the cytoplasm. Abnormal sideroblasts show an increase of granular iron deposits around the nucleus. Credit: CDC. |
 | Plasmodium falciparum rings have delicate cytoplasm and 1 or 2 small chromatin dots. Infected RBCs are not enlarged, and RBCs with multiple rings are often found in P. falciparum. Credit: CDC. |  | This trophozoite is contained within a normal sized RBC. The compact cytoplasm contains a large quantity of chromatin, often producing a band formation. Towards the end of the trophozoite stage, the parasite replicates its DNA. Credit: CDC. |
 | The immature trophozoite (ring stage) of the P. malariae parasite has a sturdy cytoplasm and usually one large chromatin dot. These parasites may mature into an erythrocytic schizont or gametocytes. Credit: CDC. |  | This growing trophozoite is contained within a normal sized RBC. The parasite is developing larger chromatin, and is forming a more compact cytoplasm. Credit: CDC. |
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Health | Hantaviruses replicate exclusively in the host cell cytoplasm. (references) | |
Nucleocapsids are introduced into the cytoplasm by pH-dependent fusion of the virion with the endosomal membrane. (references) | ||
The viral membranes fuse to the endosomal membranes, causing the release of viral RNP into the cytoplasm (uncoating). (references) | ||
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| "Cytoplasm" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.21% of the time. "Cytoplasm" is used about 126 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.21% | 125 | 28,650 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.79% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 126 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cytoplasm | 75 |
cytoplasm picture | 5 |
cytoplasm function | 3 |
cytoplasm transfer | 2 |
cell cytoplasm | 2 |
acid cytoplasm retinoic | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "cytoplasm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الحشوة (fill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | цитоплазма. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 细胞质 (Cytoplasmic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | cytoplazma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cytoplasma (cytoplasma, cytosol, periplasm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cytoplasma (cytoplasma, cytosol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | solulima. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cytoplasme (cytoplasma, cytosol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zytoplasma (cytoplasma, cytosol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυτόπλασμα (periplasm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | citoplazma (cytoplasmic), élősejt-protoplazma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | citoplasma (cytoplasma, cytosol, periplasm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 細胞質 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さいぼうしつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 세포질 (Cellular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ytoplasmcay citoplasma (periplasm). (various references) цитоплазма, протоплазма клетки. (various references) citoplazma. (various references) citoplasma. (various references) cytoplasma, cytoplasm. (various references) цитоплазма, протоплазма клітини. (various references) tế b o chất. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cytoplasm": cytoplasmic, cytoplasmically, cytoplasms. (additional references) | |
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"Cytoplasm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cyptoplasm, cytoplasma, cytosplasmic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cytoplasm" (pronounced sī"tupla'zum) |
| 7 | -u p l a' z u m | neoplasm. |
| 5 | -l a' z u m | iconoclasm. |
| 4 | -a' z u m | enthusiasm, sarcasm. |
| 3 | -z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, bosom, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, careerism, catechism, centralism, chasm, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, Irredentism, ism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microcosm, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, orgasm, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, phantasm, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, pragmatism, prism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, schism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, spasm, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-l-m-o-p-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: calypso, copalms. | |
-3 letters: almost, campos, clamps, claspt, clomps, coapts, comply, compts, copalm, copals, costal, costly, cymols, mascot, mostly, octyls, platys, postal, smalto, stomal. | |
-4 letters: acyls, altos, amply, amyls, aptly, ascot, atoms, atomy, atopy, calms, calos, campo, camps, campy, capos, clamp, clams, claps, clapt, clasp, clast, clays, clomp, clops, clots, cloys, coals, coaly, coapt. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-l-m-o-p-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: cytoplasms. | |
+2 letters: cytoplasmic, plasmolytic, spasmolytic. | |
+3 letters: amylopectins, apocalyptism, mycoplasmata, spasmolytics. | |
+4 letters: apocalyptisms, complaisantly, lymphoblastic, polycythemias, sympatholytic. | |
+5 letters: apocalypticism, aposematically, asymptotically, campylobacters, campylotropous, compensability, metapsychology, ophthalmoscopy, optimistically, sympatholytics. | |
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