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n.
the protoplasm making up the nucleus of a cell.
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nu·cleo·plasm (nooґkle-o-plaz″əm) [nucleo- + -plasm] the contents of the cell nucleus other than the nucleolus and chromatin and consisting of interchromatin and perichromatin granules, ribonucleoproteins, and the nuclear matrix. Cf. cytoplasm. nucleoplasmic adjMedical dictionary. 2011.