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protoplasm
noun as in body
Weak matches
noun as in flesh
noun as in matter
Strong matches
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Example Sentences
In the mid-1800s others, such as Darwin's supporter Thomas Henry Huxley, began to suspect that there was a generic form of “living matter”—often called protoplasm—from which the most primitive life-forms were fashioned.
“We just got a good lesson in how to be effective without moving protoplasm around,” he said.
“The differences in life expectancy are structural racism revealed — just the baseline differences — because there’s no difference in our protoplasm,” she said.
Ashley reprints, for example, “The Story of Yand Manor House,” in which Low encounters a mass of invisible protoplasm that smothers its victims.
Professor Huxley has not proved, and it is impossible for him to prove, that these protoplasms may not have essential points of difference.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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