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Cytoplasm vs Cytosome - What's the difference?

cytoplasm | cytosome |

Cytosome is a synonym of cytoplasm.



As nouns the difference between cytoplasm and cytosome

is that cytoplasm is the contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton while cytosome is the cytoplasm within a cell; the cell outside of the nucleus.

cytoplasm

English

(wikipedia cytoplasm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.

    • Derived terms

    * cytoplasmic

    See also

    * protoplasm

    cytosome

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology, uncountable) The cytoplasm within a cell; the cell outside of the nucleus.
  • *{{quote-book, 1946, Richard Roksabro Kudo, Protozoology, page=33 citation
    • , passage=The fundamental component of the protozoan body is the protoplasm which is without exception differentiated into the nucleus and the cytosome .}}
  • (biology, countable) A type of cellular organelle which is enclosed by a membrane.
  • *{{quote-book, 1994, R. E. Kendrick & G. H. M. Kronenberg, Photomorphogenesis in Plants, page=725 citation
    • , passage=Moreover, calcium is concentrated in cytosomes , specific membrane-coated vesicles, which are also known as 'tannin vesicles'.}}

    Synonyms

    *(cytoplasm) cytoplasm *(organelle) multilamellar body

    Derived terms

    *cytosomal *cytosomic

    Related terms

    *cytosegresome

    See also

    *cytostome