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Definition of "cytoplasm" [cy•to•plasm]

  • The protoplasm outside the nucleus of a cell. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cytoplasm" in a sentence
  • "Getting proteins into mitochondria from the cytoplasm is a remarkable process, and just creating and then dealing with the signal sequences involved seems to be a bit much to ask of mutation and selection acting all on their own."
  • "Though the egg's chromosomes are divided equally between the two new cells, as before, almost all the cytoplasm is concentrated in one daughter cell, that which contains the sperm's nucleus."
  • "Immediately inside the membrane is a fluid called the cytoplasm, which is filled with much of the complex chemical machinery necessary to the cell’s growth and function."