Etymology

nucleoplasm

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Today it means: The protoplasm of a cell nucleus Full definition →

English plasm ← Latin nucleu ← Proto-Italic *knuks
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  1. Proto-Italic*knuks
  2. Latinnux
  3. Latinnucleu
  4. Englishnucleus
  5. Englishnucleo-
  6. Englishplasm
  7. English todaynucleoplasm

From nucleo- + plasm.

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