protoplasm
n. ஊன்மம், ஔதயூடுருவவல்ல அரை நீர்மஇயலான உயிரக கரிய நீரகங்களடக்கிய உயிர்ச்சத்துப் பொருள்.
Pro"to*plasm, n. Etym: [Proto- + Gr. (Biol.) Defn: 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. Note: The lowest forms of animal and vegetable life (unicellular organisms) consist of simple or unaltered protoplasm; the tissues of the higher organisms, of differentiated protoplasm.