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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A naked protoplasmic mass, that is, one without an inclosing wall or membrane.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biol.) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.

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  • noun biology A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.

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Ancient Greek

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