p 3 r 1 o 1 t 1 o 1 p 3 l 1 a 1 s 1 m 3
10 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)
originFrom German Protoplasma, coined by Czech physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”). By surface analysis, proto- + -plasm. Compare also protoplasma, used in Late Latin for the “first-created one” (i.e. Adam).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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