living substance

  • 101leaven — Yeast, added to dough. In the Bible leaven had two incompatible significances: as fermented dough left over unbaked from a previous batch it was added to cause further fermentation. It could therefore be regarded either as a living substance… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 102plasma — plas|ma [ˈplæzmə] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : Late Latin; Origin: something shaped , from Greek, from plassein; PLASTIC2] 1.) the yellowish liquid part of blood that contains the blood cells 2.) technical the living substance inside a cell =… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 103живое вещество — 1. Совокупность живых организмов биосферы, обладающих упорядоченным обменом веществ. 2. Сложный молекулярный агрегат с управляющей системой , содержащей механизм передачи наследственной информации. E. Living substance D. Lebendiger Stoff,… …

    Толковый уфологический словарь с эквивалентами на английском и немецком языках

  • 104живая субстанция — 1. Совокупность живых организмов биосферы, обладающих упорядоченным обменом веществ. 2. Сложный молекулярный агрегат с управляющей системой , содержащей механизм передачи наследственной информации. E. Living substance D. Lebendiger Stoff,… …

    Толковый уфологический словарь с эквивалентами на английском и немецком языках

  • 105plasma — noun (U) 1 the yellowish liquid part of the blood that contains blood cells 2 the living substance inside a cell; protoplasm 3 a gas at a very high temperature inside stars, in flashes of electricity etc …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 106-plast — aff. a combining form meaning “living substance,”“organelle,”“cell”: chloroplast; protoplast; spheroplast[/ex] • Etymology: comb. form repr. Gk plastós formed, molded, v. adj. of plássein to form, mold. Cf. plastic …

    From formal English to slang

  • 107cytoplasm — /ˈsaɪtəplæzəm/ (say suytuhplazuhm) noun the living substance or protoplasm of a cell exclusive of the nucleus. Also, cytoplast /ˈsaɪtəplæst/ (say suytuhplast). –cytoplasmic /saɪtəˈplæzmɪk/ (say suytuh plazmik), adjective …

  • 108protoplasm —   n. essential semi fluid living substance of cells.    ♦ protoplasmal,    ♦ protoplasmatic,   a.    ♦ protoplast, n. first formed person or thing; original ancestor; protoplasmic content of cell.    ♦ protoplastic, a …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 109protoplasm — The essential, complex living substance of cells, upon which all vital functions of nutrition, secretion, growth and reproduction depend …

    Glossary of Biotechnology

  • 110blood platelet — noun tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting • Syn: ↑platelet, ↑thrombocyte • Hypernyms: ↑protoplasm, ↑living substance * * * noun, pl ⋯ lets [count] : ↑platelet …

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