Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cell of a plant, fungus, bacterium, or archaeon from which the cell wall has been removed, leaving the protoplasm and plasma membrane.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which or one who is first formed; the original, type, or model of some organic being; especially, the hypothetical first individual or one of the supposed first pair of the human race; a protoparent.
- noun A protozoan: a simple unicellular organism; specifically, a member of the Protoplasta.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The thing first formed; that of which there are subsequent copies or reproductions; the original.
- noun (Biol.) A first-formed organized body; the first individual, or pair of individuals, of a species.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The death has occurred of Adam, protoplast, progenitor, park-keeper and agriculturalist.
It is interesting that Sir George Young took the opportunity... 2008
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In sum, technologies such as tissue culture, anther culture, embryo rescue, protoplast fusion, and genetic markers are likely to bring undreamed of breakthroughs that will transform Africa's native grains.
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Several teams have managed to regenerate fertile rice plants from protoplast-cells from which the wall has been removed.
1. African Rice 1996
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Since the recombinant DNA is a naked DNA molecule, gene transfer systems based on protoplast transformation and electroporation are most applicable in genetic engineering experiments.
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Cell and protoplast culture are new developments for an efficient screening system for mutations.
1. Household gardening projects in asia: past experience and future directions 1992
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As a matter of fact, Planning Center preferred people in my condition; protoplast limbs were more durable than the real -- no, let us say the original -- thing.
Man Made Albert Teichner
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Fortunately the time was already past when protoplast patients were looked upon as something mildly freakish and to be pitied.
Man Made Albert Teichner
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The rest of my body stood up well to this assault but every few seconds I had the eerie sensation that I was back in my old body, a ghostly superimposition on the living protoplast, as the spinal chord projected its agony outward.
Man Made Albert Teichner
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He furrowed his protoplast brow that looked as youthful as it had a century ago.
Man Made Albert Teichner
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I came out of the chamber all protoplast except for the spinal zone.
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whichbe commented on the word protoplast
Original ancestor; first-formed person or thing. (from Phrontistery)
May 25, 2008