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protoplasm

[proh-tuh-plaz-uhm] / ˈproʊ təˌplæz əm /




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He was the first to have shape-shifting powers, which he gained after encountering a mysterious radioactive pool of protoplasm.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

In Darwin’s day scientists could assume that cells contained only a kind of undifferentiated protoplasm.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

From there it wasn’t such a leap to guess that protoplasm might, in certain extraordinary moments, coalesce and be projected from the body.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2016

Intensities this great can damage individual cells, variously causing their protoplasm to stream inside them, altering their permeability, or rupturing their walls through cavitation.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

She probably thinks I'm turning myself into a gob of protoplasm or something.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements




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