"somatoplasm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: somatoplasms [plural]
Etymology: somato- + plasm. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|somato|plasm}} somato- + plasm Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} somatoplasm (countable and uncountable, plural somatoplasms)
  1. The protoplasm of somatic cells. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cytology Related terms: soma, germplasm Coordinate_terms: germ plasm Translations (protoplasm of somatic cells): Körperplasma [neuter] (German), somatoplasma [masculine] (Italian)

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