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cytoplasmic

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /saɪtə(ʊ)ˈplazmɪk/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English cytoplasm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cytoplasmic From cytoplasm + -ic.

  1. Of or pertaining to cytoplasm.

    The fourth type of hybrid, the kind being developed in British universities, is called cytoplasmic. It is created by transferring the nuclei of human cells, such as skin cells, into animal eggs from which almost all the genetic information has been removed.