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HYALOPLASM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyaloplasm mean? 

HYALOPLASM (noun)
  The noun HYALOPLASM has 1 sense:

1. the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cellplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HYALOPLASM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ground substance; hyaloplasm

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

cytol; cytoplasm (the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism)

Derivation:

hyaloplasmic (of or relating to hyaloplasm)


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