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Noun: cytoplasm  'sI-tu`pla-zum
  1. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
    - cytol

Derived forms: cytoplasms

See also: cytoplasmic, cytoplastic

Type of: living substance, protoplasm

Part of: cell

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