Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A central, less viscous portion of the cytoplasm that is distinguishable in certain cells, especially motile cells.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the inner granular and somewhat fluid part of the protoplasm of a cell, as distinct from the ectoplasm.
- noun In zoology, the interior protoplasm or sarcodous substance of a protozoan, as a rhizopod, as distinguished from the ectoplasm: same as
endosarc . Also called chyme-mass, parenchyma.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun cytology The inner portion of the
cytoplasm of acell
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell
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Examples
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The endoplasm is finely granular with, however, larger food particles in the process of digestion, while specimens are occasionally seen with the natural form completely lost through distortion caused by over-large captures (Cf. also Wrzesniowski '70, p. XXIII, fig. 32).
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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Genus ACTINOPHRYS Ehr. The body is spherical and differentiated into granular endoplasm and vacuolated ectoplasm, but the zones are not definitely separated.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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In some cases ectoplasm and endoplasm can be distinguished.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The body is globular with but slight differentiation into ectoplasm and endoplasm; one nucleus in the latter; contractile vacuoles one or many; pseudopodia on all sides, thin, and with peripheral granule-streaming; surrounded by a globular, rather thick coat of jelly, which is hyaline inside and granular on the periphery.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The endoplasm contains a number of large refringent granules -- probably body products.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The endoplasm is evenly granular, with a number of large ingested food bodies.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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Like the latter, there is one caudal bristle, but unlike it there is only one posterior contractile vacuole, while the endoplasm is filled with large granules or food balls.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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In this condition ectoplasm and endoplasm could be made out with the clearest definition.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The endoplasm usually, but not always, contains a bright red eye-spot.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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In this form (fig. 5) there is no distinction between ectoplasm and endoplasm, and there is an entire absence of vacuoles.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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