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Definition of Cytoplast

1. Noun. The intact cytoplasmic content of a cell.

Definition of Cytoplast

1. Noun. (biology) The intact cytoplasm of a cell from which the nucleus has been removed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cytoplast

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cytoplast

1. Fragment of cell with nucleus removed (in karyoplast), usually achieved by cytochalasin B treatment followed by mild centrifugation on a step gradient. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytoplast

Literary usage of Cytoplast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1893)
"In isogamy, plural or binary, there is nuclear union (karyogamy) as well as cytoplast-union ... the association of nucleus and cytoplast unchanged. ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1892)
"... the fusion of cytoplasts into a plasmodium, the nuclei B. KARYOGAMY : the union of cells (gametes), cytoplast to cytoplast and remaining free ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1893)
"The constitutional weakness of the later terms of a cycle of fissions is largely due to the continuance of the association of nucleus and cytoplast ..."

4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1892)
"The constitutional weakness of the later terms of a cycle of fissions is largely due to the continuance of the association of nucleus and cytoplast ..."

5. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... the cytoplasm as a unit, in contrast to the nucleus ; cytoplast'in, a proteid which apparently forms the bnlk of the Cytoplasm ..."

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