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cytoplasmically

cytoplasmically

9.6
In the fluid inside a cell around the nucleus
  • adverb
  • Specialized
: citosplásmicamente
  • Proteins are synthesized cytoplasmically before being transported to other parts of the cell.

Examples

  • The researchers studied how substances move cytoplasmically within the cell.

  • Cellular functions often depend on compounds that operate cytoplasmically to facilitate various processes.

  • So it was not clear how these how these cytoplasmically made proteins, proteins that were made in the cytoplasm got to this location.

Surface Forms

cytoplasmically positive

Morphology

cytoplasmically = cytoplasmic (transparent) = cytoplasm + ic + ally

Formed from the adjective 'cytoplasmic' with the normal adverbial suffix '-ally'; the meaning directly expresses manner relating to the cytoplasm.

Etymology

Cytoplasmically comes from cyto- meaning 'cell' and plasm (seen in plasma) meaning 'substance' or 'fluid'. The cytoplasm is the fluid inside a cell around the nucleus, so cytoplasmically means 'in or through that cell fluid'.