Protoplasm
Pro´to`plasm
| n. | 1. | (Biol.) The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called " physical basis of life;" the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc. |
| Noun | 1. |  protoplasm - the living substance of a cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)Synonyms: living substance |