living substance

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living substance - the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)protoplasmsubstance - the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes"cytol, cytoplasm - the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolismkaryoplasm, nucleoplasm - the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cellgerm plasm, plasm - the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genesblood platelet, platelet, thrombocyte - tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting