cytoplasm
nounHow to pronounce cytoplasm:
Definition of cytoplasm:
- cytoplasm (noun):
- the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism.
- the organized complex of inorganic and organic substances external to the nuclear membrane of a cell and including the cytosol and membrane-bound organelles (such as mitochondria or chloroplasts) see cell illustration
Synonyms for cytoplasm:
cell
central body
centrosome
cytol
cytoplast
cytoskeleton
cytosol
dictyosome
endoplasm
golgi apparatus
golgi body
golgi complex
ground substance
hyaloplasm
living substance
microsome
plasmodium
protoplasm
sarcoplasm
syncytium
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- Sacagawea
- contraindicate
- inflammable
- sentence method
- nativity
- ostentation
- advocator
- conquerable
- deracinate
- Cenobia
- hobbledehoy
- constitution
- temporary
- development's
- development
- effectively
- conversation
- rhizobium
- Malayalam
- impurity
- imposition
- delusional
- distributor
- Gianluca
- negligible
- interally
- cenogamy
- apiculture
- ahuatle
- seventy-eight
- Olivia
- ephemerous
- narcissism
- agrarian
- oligarchy
- influential
- geology
- necessitate
- locomotive
- intervention
- arbitration
- impertinent
- Obadiah
- responsible
- Medicine Bow
- qualitative
- philanthropist
- postrenaissance
- interaction
- Adrianna
- … more
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