| 词汇 | protoplasm |
| 词源 | protoplasm. Czech physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkinje first gave the name protoplasm to the living material within the cell, in 1839. He referred specifically to the gelatinous embryonic material in an egg, this first-formed material reminding him of the word protoplasm used to describe Adam, the first formed man, in the Bible. |
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