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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 cell
Familiarity information: HYALOPLASM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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