Cytosol

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  • noun. The fluid component of cytoplasm, excluding organelles and the insoluble, usually suspended, cytoplasmic components.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The soluble components of the fluid matter enclosed within the cellular membrane; the portion of the cytoplasm which remains after removal of particulate components.
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  • noun. The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm, consisting of water, organic molecules and inorganic ions.
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  • noun. the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended
  • Word Usage
    "It works by travelling into a part of the cell called the cytosol, where it knocks out the ribosome, a tiny "factory" that produces all the proteins needed to keep the cell functioning."
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    cytol  cytoplasm  
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