CYTOPLASM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cytoplasm mean? 

• CYTOPLASM (noun)
  The noun CYTOPLASM has 1 sense:

1. the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

  Familiarity information: CYTOPLASM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYTOPLASM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cytol; cytoplasm

Hypernyms ("cytoplasm" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "cytoplasm"):

cytoskeleton (a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence)

microsome (a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA)

dictyosome; Golgi apparatus; Golgi body; Golgi complex (a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cytoplasm"):

plasmodium (multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds)

cytoplast (the intact cytoplasmic content of a cell)

cytosol (the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended)

ectoplasm (the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm)

endoplasm (the inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell)

ground substance; hyaloplasm (the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell)

central body; centrosome (small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules)

sarcoplasm (the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber)

syncytium (a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers))

Holonyms ("cytoplasm" is a part of...):

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

Derivation:

cytoplasmatic; cytoplasmic (of or relating to cytoplasm)

cytoplastic (of or relating to a cytoplast)

 Context examples 

Large, phagocytic mononuclear leukocytes produced in the vertebrate bone marrow and released into the blood; contain a large, oval or somewhat indented nucleus surrounded by voluminous cytoplasm and numerous organelles.

(Monocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma of the breast characterized by the presence of two intermingled cellular components: cells with abundant granular, eosinophilic cytoplasm, and cells with abundant cytoplasm containing fine empty vacuoles.

(Apocrine Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding that indicates the presence of cells with abundant eosinophilic and granular cytoplasm in a tumor sample.

(Apocrine Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)

In the endosomal compartment, the acidic pH causes a conformational change that inserts PA fragments and releases LF and EF into the cytoplasm.

(Anthrax Toxin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A T-cell peripheral lymphoma composed of usually large, pleomorphic, CD30 positive T-lymphocytes with abundant cytoplasm characterized by the presence of a translocation involving the ALK gene and expression of ALK fusion protein.

(Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-Positive, NCI Thesaurus)

Transport of messenger RNA from its nuclear site of transcription to the cytoplasm, where the message is translated into protein by ribosomes.

(mRNA Export, NCI Thesaurus)

It is usually of the intestinal type and is characterized by the presence of malignant polygonal cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm resembling hepatocytes.

(Ampulla of Vater Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A mouse monoclonal IgG3 antibody that reacts with the cytoplasm and cell surface of colonic adenocarcinoma and shows restricted normal tissue reactivity.

(Monoclonal Antibody NR-CO-04, NCI Thesaurus)

Cells are methylene blue positive on whole mounts, cells have basophilic cytoplasm on H and E stain, and may have Beta-catenin staining in the nucleus.

(Aberrant Crypt Foci of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Semiautonomous, self-reproducing organelles that occur in the cytoplasm of all cells of most, but not all, eukaryotes.

(Mitochondrion, NCI Thesaurus)