endoplasm

endoplasm
The inner or medullary part of the cytoplasm, as opposed to the ectoplasm, containing the cell organelles. SYN: entoplasm.

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en·do·plasm 'en-də-.plaz-əm n the inner relatively fluid part of the cytoplasm compare ECTOPLASM
en·do·plas·mic .en-də-'plaz-mik adj

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n.
the inner cytoplasm of cells, which is less dense than the ectoplasm and contains most of the cell's structures.
endoplasmic adj.

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en·do·plasm (enґdo-plaz″əm) [endo- + plasm] the central portion of the cytoplasm of a cell. Cf. ectoplasm. endoplasmic adj

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