protoplasmal

adjective

pro·​to·​plasmal

variants or protoplasmatic

"+

: protoplasmic

Word History

Etymology

protoplasmal from protoplasm + -al; protoplasmatic International Scientific Vocabulary protoplasm + -atic (as in plasmatic)

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