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Definition of plasm - 10 dictionary results

plasm-

 
Use plasm in a Sentence
var. of plasmo- before a vowel: plasmapheresis.

-plasm

 
a combining form with the meanings “living substance,” “tissue,” “substance of a cell,” used in the formation of compound words: endoplasm; neoplasm; cytoplasm.
Origin:
comb. form repr. Gk plásma. See plasma

plas⋅ma

  [plaz-muh]
–noun
1. Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
2. Cell Biology. cytoplasm.
3. whey.
4. a green, faintly translucent chalcedony.
5. Physics. a highly ionized gas containing an approximately equal number of positive ions and electrons.
Also, plasm  [plaz-uhm] for defs. 1–3.

Origin:
1705–15; < LL < Gk plásma something molded or formed, akin to plássein to form, mold. See plastic

Related forms:
plas⋅mat⋅ic  [plaz-mat-ik] , plasmic, adjective

plasmo-

 
a combining form representing plasma or cytoplasm in compound words: plasmolysis.
Also, especially before a vowel, plasm-.

Origin:
comb. form, repr. Gk plásma. See plasma, -o-
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germ plasm  
n.  
  1. The cytoplasm of a germ cell, especially that part containing the chromosomes.
  2. Germ cells as distinguished from other body cells.
  3. Hereditary material; genes. Also called plasm.
plasm   (plāz'əm)   
n.  
  1. See germ plasm.
  2. Variant of plasma.
plas·ma   (plāz'mə)   
n.  
    1. The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended. It differs from serum in that it contains fibrin and other soluble clotting elements.
    2. Blood plasma.
  2. Medicine Cell-free, sterilized blood plasma, used in transfusions.
  3. Protoplasm or cytoplasm.
  4. The fluid portion of milk from which the curd has been separated by coagulation; whey.
  5. Physics An electrically neutral, highly ionized gas composed of ions, electrons, and neutral particles. It is a phase of matter distinct from solids, liquids, and normal gases.

[New Latin, from Late Latin, image, figure, from Greek, from plassein, to mold; see pelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
plas·mat'ic (plāz-māt'ĭk), plas'mic (-mĭk) adj.
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Plasm

Plasm\, n. [L. plasma anything formed or molded, that which is molded, Gr. ?, ?, from ? to form, mold: cf. F. plasme. Cf. Plasma.]

1. A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape. [R.] --Woodward.

2. (Biol.) Same as Plasma.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: plasm
Pronunciation: 'plaz-&m
Function: noun
: PLASMA —see GERM PLASM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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plasm (plāz'əm)
n.
Germ plasm.

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