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plasm
conj.
plasma (used in combination)
PLaSM
Plasma
Plasma or
plasm may refer to:
Biology
- Blood plasma, the yellow-colored liquid component of blood, in which blood cells are suspended
- Cytoplasm, a jelly-like substance that fills cells, suspends and protects organelles
- Germ plasm, a zone in the cytoplasm determining germ cells
- Germplasm, describes a collection of genetic resources for an organism
- Milk plasma or whey, the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained
- Nucleoplasm, a highly viscous liquid that surrounds the chromosomes and nucleoli
- Protoplasm, the entire living substance inside the cell membrane or cell wall
plasm
Noun
1. the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
(synonym) germ plasm
(hypernym) protoplasm, living substance
2. colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended
(synonym) plasma
(hypernym) extracellular fluid, ECF
(hyponym) blood plasma
(substance-meronym) plasma protein
Plasm
(n.)
Same as Plasma.
(n.)
A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Plasm
Plasm Living material composing so-called living bodies, used in The Secret Doctrine in connection with Weismann's theory of the germ-plasm. Corresponding to the physical plasm are both the spiritual and ethereal plasms, which are the true directing influence of heredity. All these plasms are the deposits or lees of vital substances, which have their representative in the human physical body as the various pranas.