1848, from German Protoplasma (1846), used by German botanist Hugo von Mohl (1805-1872), on notion of "first-formed," from Greek proto- "first" (see proto-) + plasma "something molded" (see -plasm).
The word was in Late Latin with a sense of "first created thing," and it might have existed in ecclesiastical Greek in a different sense. It was used 1839 by Czech physiologist Johannes Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869) to denote the gelatinous fluid found in living tissue. The modern meaning is a refinement of this. This word prevailed, though German language purists preferred Urschleim.
双语例句
1. Others are associated with the protoplasm of the cell.
其它一些与细胞的细胞质有关.
来自辞典例句
2. Each cell possesses a nucleus imbedded in protoplasm.
每个细胞都具有核,细胞核位于原生质中.
来自辞典例句
3. This release of the products of cellular protoplasm to the extracellular fluid accounts for several events.
细胞浆产物进入细胞外液后被排出,即可导致以下各现象.
来自辞典例句
4. They use the protoplasm in the vat as an energy source.
他们把灵魂装到一个大桶里作为能量来源.
来自电影对白
5. The streaming rotary motion of protoplasm within certain cells and one - celled organisms.