Cell Component
cytoplasm Audio
cy·to·plasm [ sahy-tuh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Intracellular Space
Etymology:
Greek kytos = vessel or cell + plasma = a thing formed
Definitions related to cytoplasm:
  • All of the contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • Cell component which has as its direct parts a portion of cytosol and one or more organelles. Examples: cytoplasm of hepatocyte, cytoplasm of erythrocyte, cytoplasm of thrombocyte, cytoplasm of neuron.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • Cell substance which consists of cytosol and cytoplasmic organelles.
    Digital Anatomist
    University of Washington, 2003
  • Protoplasm of a cell exclusive of that of the nucleus; it consists of a continuous aqueous solution (cytosol) and the organelles and inclusions suspended in it (phaneroplasm), and is the site of most of the chemical activities of the cell.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • That portion of the cell contained within the plasma membrane but excluding the nucleus.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The fluid inside a cell but outside the cell's nucleus. Most chemical reactions in a cell take place in the cytoplasm.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The part of a cell that contains the CYTOSOL and small structures excluding the cell nucleus; MITOCHONDRIA; and large VACUOLES. (Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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