protoplasme
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Etymology[edit]
From German Protoplasma, coined by Czech physiologist Johannes Evangelista Purkinje, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”). The word was in Late Latin, meaning "first created thing," and may have existed in Medieval Greek in a different sense.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /pʁo.to.plasm/
Audio (file) - Homophone: protoplasmes
Noun[edit]
protoplasme m (plural protoplasmes)
Further reading[edit]
- “protoplasme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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