Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The substance of which the more definitely formed portions of the nucleus of a cell, including the nuclear wall, the nucleoli, and the intranucleolar network, are composed. The remaining substance of the cell is called the nuclear matrix or nuclear fluid. Also called
nucleoplasm .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell; nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to
cytoplasm , the protoplasm of the cell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
nucleoplasm
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell
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Examples
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Its structure is that of an ordinary cell-nucleus, viz., it consists of a reticulum or karyomitome, the meshes of which are filled with karyoplasm, while connected with, or imbedded in, the reticulum are a number of chromatin masses or chromosomes, which may present the appearance of a skein or may assume the form of rods or loops.
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In fixed cells the nucleus seems to consist of a clear substance or karyoplasm and a network or karyomitome.
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