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Protoplasm vs Bathybius - What's the difference?

protoplasm | bathybius |

As nouns the difference between protoplasm and bathybius

is that protoplasm is (cytology) the entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm it is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells while bathybius is (zoology|obsolete) a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.

protoplasm

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology) The entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.

    • Derived terms

    * protoplasmic * protoplasmal * protoplasmatic

    External links

    * (wikipedia "protoplasm")

    bathybius

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia bathybius)
  • (zoology, obsolete) A gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.
    • (Webster 1913)