Medical term:
protoplast
protoplast
[pro´to-plast]a bacterial, yeast, or fungal cell deprived of its rigid wall but with its plasma membrane intact; the cell is dependent for its integrity on an isotonic or hypertonic medium.
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pro·to·plast
(prō'tō-plast),1. Archaic term meaning the first individual of a type or race.
2. A bacterial cell from which the rigid cell wall has been completely removed; the bacterium loses its characteristic form.
[proto- + G. plastos, formed]
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protoplast
(prō′tə-plăst′)n.
A cell of a plant, fungus, bacterium, or archaeon from which the cell wall has been removed, leaving the protoplasm and plasma membrane.
pro′to·plas′tic adj.
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pro·to·plast
(prō'tō-plast)A bacterial cell from which the rigid cell wall has been completely removed; the bacterium loses its characteristic form.
[proto- + G. plastos, formed]
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protoplast
a CELL from which the CELL WALL has been removed completely.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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