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Plasm

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plasmanoun(physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.
germ plasmnounGermplasm; seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.
serumnounBlood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual (human or nonhuman).

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germ plasmnounGermplasm; seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.
serumnounBlood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood serum from the tissues of immunized animals (human or nonhuman), containing antibodies and used to transfer immunity to another individual (human or nonhuman).
plasmanoun(physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.
germnounA pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
plasmologynounThe science of the creation, manipulation, and utilization of plasma.
bioplasmnoun(biology) Any living matter, but especially germinal or forming matter; matter possessing reproductive vitality; protoplasm, especially in its relation to living processes and development.
germ-plasmnounAlternative spelling of germ plasm. [(biology, dated or historical) The cytoplasm of germ cells.]
germoplasmnounAlternative form of germ plasm. [(biology, dated or historical) The cytoplasm of germ cells.]
biogennoun(biology, dated) biophor
morphoplasmnounkinoplasm, trophoplasm
somatoplasmnounThe protoplasm of somatic cells.
plasmogonynounThe generation of an organism from plasma.
idioplasmnounAlternative form of idioplasma. [(biology, archaic) A portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma.]
plasmidomenoun(biology) All the plasmids present in an organism
bioplastnoun(biology) A mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter.
xenoplasmnoun(cytology) Cytoplasm from a foreign cell.
plasmonnoun(physics, astronomy) The quantum of waves produced by the collective effects of large numbers of electrons when disturbed from equilibrium.
idioplasmanoun(biology, archaic) A portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma.
bioblastnounArchaic form of bioplast. [(biology) A mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter.]
homoplastnoun(biology, archaic) One of the plastids composing the "idorgan" of Ernst Haeckel.

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